TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract While many modern institutionalists have shown a renewed interest in Philip Selznick’s early work, previous efforts to reincorporate his perspective have given relatively little attention to values (which are the most central element of the theory itself). This paper addresses this disconnect by: (1) revisiting Selznick’s key arguments about values and explaining their various roles in his thought, (2) expressing a theoretical framework through which values could be “reinfused” into the contemporary institutional literature and, (3) developing six different proposals for theory and research which do just this. These proposals are offered as an a la carte menu of possibilities, rather than a programmatic agenda for reform. While we hope that our paper will facilitate a renewed focus on values within institutional theory, we do not see this as a theoretical imperative.
VL  - 44
SN  - 978-1-78441-726-0, 978-1-78441-725-3/0733-558X
DO  - 10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044013
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044013
AU  - Kraatz Matthew S.
AU  - Flores Ricardo
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - Reinfusing Values
T2  - Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick’s Legacy for Organizational Studies
T3  - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 353
EP  - 381
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -