Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations

by Thomas B. Lawrence

Book Overview

The 'institutional' approach to organizational research has shown how enduring features of social life - such as marriage and bureaucracy - act as mechanisms of social control. Such approaches have traditionally focused attention on the relationships between organizations and the fields in which they operate, providing strong accounts of the processes through which institutions govern action. In contrast, the study of institutional work reorients...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521178525
• ISBN13: 9780521178525
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"