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Publication date: 21 July 2016

Working Together Revisited

Bob Hinings and Royston Greenwood

We have been working together for more than 40 years with some success. In this chapter, we use that lengthy collaboration to suggest what elements and processes have been…

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We have been working together for more than 40 years with some success. In this chapter, we use that lengthy collaboration to suggest what elements and processes have been important for us, and, which we believe are important for working together more generally. These include: the local environment for collaborative research; the dynamics of an ongoing collaboration; the process of managing collaboration; the impact of personal styles; the changing nature of collaboration the longer it continues; the impact of career changes; and the role of successful outcomes. We examine what lessons we have learned and make some observations about our experience in relation to more general ideas about collaboration.

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Research in Organizational Change and Development
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0897-301620160000024001
ISBN: 978-1-78635-360-3

Keywords

  • Collaboration
  • partnership
  • research
  • dynamics

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Publication date: 3 July 2018

New Public Management and Hybridity in Healthcare: The Solution or the Problem?

Roman Andrzej Lewandowski and Łukasz Sułkowski

The research aim of this chapter is to understand how different institutional logics affect the day-to-day activities of healthcare providers and whether the cohabitation…

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The research aim of this chapter is to understand how different institutional logics affect the day-to-day activities of healthcare providers and whether the cohabitation of professional logics with business-like logics increases medical providers’ effectiveness and gives chance to constrain healthcare costs. This research is based on longitudinal case study about the restructuring of the Canadian healthcare system in Alberta in 1992–2008, described in two papers (Reay & Hinings, 2005, 2009). We identify the situation after encroachment of a new, business-like logic into a healthcare system as more complex than described in the extant literature. We challenge the findings of the case study authors that there are two cohabitating logics in healthcare: the business-like logic supported by the government and the logic of medical professionalism. From our research it appears that there are two other logics: a managerial logic derived from business-like logic, and a hybrid professional logic that is a modification of the logic of medical professionalism. Across the healthcare field in general, business-like logic has been competing with the logic of medical professionalism, but on the medical providers’ level these logics become uncoupled. Within a medical provider, on the external, symbolic layer, physicians follow their professional logic and managers show conformity with governmental principles. But on the backstage layer, where the day-to-day work is actually performed, these two logics are subject to modification, creating a space for compromise and cooperation, leading to a growth of the number of unnecessary medical services preventing cost containments in healthcare.

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Hybridity in the Governance and Delivery of Public Services
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-663020180000007004
ISBN: 978-1-78743-769-2

Keywords

  • Institutional logics
  • hybridity
  • agency theory
  • New Public Management
  • healthcare

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Book part
Publication date: 5 September 2013

Changing Institutions: Critical Management Studies as a Social Movement ☆

Earlier versions of this chapter were presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Hawaii, 2005 and at the European Group for Organization Studies Annual Conference, Bergen, 2006 and seminars at Imperial College London and the University of Warwick during 2007. The work involved as a panel member in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise resulted in the draft being set aside. The invitation to contribute to this volume prompted me to return to it and update it. I would like to thank everyone who has participated in discussing, and providing comments on, the paper and to the editors of this collection for inviting me to contribute to it.

Hugh Willmott

To consider Critical Management Studies as a social movement.

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To consider Critical Management Studies as a social movement.

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The purpose is fulfilled by reflecting upon the history of Critical Management Studies by reference to social movement theory, institutional theory and the social theory of hegemony.

Findings

Critical Management Studies is plausibly understood as a social movement.

Originality/value

The chapter offers a fresh perspective on Critical Management Studies by representing it as a movement rather than as a specialist field of knowledge.

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Getting Things Done
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S2046-6072(2013)0000002011
ISBN: 978-1-78190-954-6

Keywords

  • Critical Management Studies
  • management education
  • institutional change
  • social movement theory
  • institutional theory
  • social theory of hegemony

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Book part
Publication date: 15 December 2016

How Institutions Matter: From the Micro Foundations of Institutional Impacts to the Macro Consequences of Institutional Arrangements

Joel Gehman, Michael Lounsbury and Royston Greenwood

This double volume presents a collection of 23 papers on how institutions matter to socio-economic life. The papers delve deeply into the practical impact an institutional…

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This double volume presents a collection of 23 papers on how institutions matter to socio-economic life. The papers delve deeply into the practical impact an institutional approach enables, as well as how such research has the potential to influence policies relevant to critical institutional changes unfolding in the world today. In Volume 48A, the focus is on the micro foundations of institutional impacts. In Volume 48B, the focus is on the macro consequences of institutional arrangements. Our introduction provides an overview to the two volumes, identifies points of contact between the papers, and briefly summarizes each contribution. We close by noting avenues for future research on how institutions matter. Overall, the volumes provide a cross-section of cutting edge institutional thought and empirical research, highlighting a variety of fruitful directions for knowledge accumulation and development.

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How Institutions Matter!
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X201600048A002
ISBN: 978-1-78635-429-7

Keywords

  • Institutional theory
  • institutional logics
  • institutional complexity
  • grand challenges
  • practices
  • framing

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Book part
Publication date: 28 March 2015

Missing in Action: The Further Contribution of Philip Selznick to Contemporary Institutional Theory

C. R. (Bob) Hinings and Royston Greenwood

Philip Selznick has been a central, historical figure in the development of institutional theory. In particular his contribution in TVA and the Grass Roots and Leadership…

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Philip Selznick has been a central, historical figure in the development of institutional theory. In particular his contribution in TVA and the Grass Roots and Leadership in Administration has been key. However, we put forward the relevance of Selznick’s broader portfolio of ideas, to show that they could inform institutional analysis in new ways. There are important ideas and insights that can be brought to bear on contemporary issues within institutional theory. In particular, Selznick was concerned with the ways in which organizational goals are deflected because of different interest groups. Organizations use various kinds of cooptation to deal with interest groups. Selznick’s perspective implies that institutional theorists need to be concerned with both deflection of purposes and interests. These ideas are explored further in his work, The Organizational Weapon, showing a concern with the nefarious effects of organizational practices, an avenue that institutional theory needs to explore further. Indeed, Selznick was always concerned with the consequences of institutionalization. He dealt with issues of organizational governance, purposes and interests, ideas of unanticipated as well as anticipated consequences, negative as well as positive effects of institutionalization all of which require further analysis in contemporary institutional theory. Also at the heart of Selznick’s work was an emphasis on policy and practice, coming from American pragmatist philosophy. For Selznick, knowledge is to be utilized to produce good policy and practice. Institutional theorists need to consider the applications of their knowledge.

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Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick’s Legacy for Organizational Studies
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044006
ISBN: 978-1-78441-726-0

Keywords

  • Philip Selznick
  • institutional theory
  • organizational change
  • governance

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Book part
Publication date: 16 April 2014

Organizational form, structure, and religious organizations

C. R. Hinings and Mia Raynard

This article reviews the historical development of the treatment of religious organizations in journals centered on religion.

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This article reviews the historical development of the treatment of religious organizations in journals centered on religion.

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The article asks four questions: (1) Are religious organizations different from other kinds of organizations? (2) What factors produce differences or similarities between religious and other organizations? (3) Are religious organizations different from each other?

Findings

Differences from other kinds of organizations are based in beliefs/theology. But there is a constant concern with the bureaucratization of religious organizations as they are subject to general organizational influences such as scale and geographical dispersion. However, it is argued that these general influences emanate from belief systems. We suggest the need for a renewed attention to a comparative organizations perspective in organization theory – one that appreciates the similarities and differences between sectors and within sectors.

Originality/value

Not only are there differences between religious and nonreligious organizations, but there are also substantial differences between religious organizations. There are also similarities between religious and nonreligious organizations, as well as similarities between religious organizations. The way forward for both the study of religious organizations and organizational theory in general is to look for explanations for these similarities and differences.

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Religion and Organization Theory
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20140000041013
ISBN: 978-1-78190-693-4

Keywords

  • Religion
  • organizational form
  • comparative organizations
  • bureaucracy
  • beliefs

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Publication date: 26 November 2020

New Structuralism and Field Emergence: The Co-constitution of Meanings and Actors in the Early Moments of Social Impact Investing

Timothy R. Hannigan and Guillermo Casasnovas

Field emergence poses an intriguing problem for institutional theorists. New issue fields often arise at the intersection of different sectors, amidst extant structures of…

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Field emergence poses an intriguing problem for institutional theorists. New issue fields often arise at the intersection of different sectors, amidst extant structures of meanings and actors. Such nascent fields are fragmented and lack clear guides for action; making it unclear how they ever coalesce. The authors propose that provisional social structures provide actors with macrosocial presuppositions that shape ongoing field-configuration; bootstrapping the field. The authors explore this empirically in the context of social impact investing in the UK, 2000–2013, a period in which this field moved from clear fragmentation to relative alignment. The authors combine different computational text analysis methods, and data from an extensive field-level study, to uncover meaningful patterns of interaction and structuration. Our results show that across various periods, different types of actors were linked together in discourse through “actor–meaning couplets.” These emergent couplings of actors and meanings provided actors with social cues, or macrofoundations, which guided their local activities. The authors thus theorize a recursive, co-constitutive process: as punctuated moments of interaction generate provisional structures of actor–meaning couplets, which then cue actors as they navigate and constitute the emerging field. Our model re-energizes the core tenets of new structuralism and contributes to current debates about institutional emergence and change.

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Macrofoundations: Exploring the Institutionally Situated Nature of Activity
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20200000068008
ISBN: 978-1-83909-160-5

Keywords

  • Institutional infrastructure
  • institutional theory
  • field emergence
  • early moments
  • social impact investing
  • topic modeling

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Publication date: 25 November 2019

Hybridity and Power in the MicroFoundations of Professional Work

Namrata Malhotra and Trish Reay

In this chapter the authors focus on the role of power associated with microfoundations of organizational hybridity. They develop a framework that illuminates how key…

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In this chapter the authors focus on the role of power associated with microfoundations of organizational hybridity. They develop a framework that illuminates how key sources of power based on Buchanan and Badham (2008) and French and Raven (1959) manifest at the level of everyday work practices. Using this framework, they draw on existing studies concerning hybridity in professional organizations to illustrate how different forms of power come into play when actors guided by different logics engage in day-to-day professional work. Overall, the authors suggest that more attention to how micro-level actors use different forms of power to support, hamper, or alter different mechanisms to manage tensions among competing logics in everyday work is critical to improving our understanding about the microfoundations of institutionalism.

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Microfoundations of Institutions
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X2019000065B017
ISBN: 978-1-78769-127-8

Keywords

  • Institutional hybridity
  • power
  • professional work
  • hybrid roles
  • socialization practices
  • microfoundations

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Publication date: 1 April 2001

STRUCTURAL DESIGNS WITHIN AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS

George B. Cunningham and Christina A. Rivera

The purpose of this paper is to (a) distinguish the structural designs, and (b) examine the relationship between structure and effectiveness in American sport…

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The purpose of this paper is to (a) distinguish the structural designs, and (b) examine the relationship between structure and effectiveness in American sport organizations. Formalization, centralization, and specialization were examined to determine the structural designs. Senior level administrators from National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I (N = 86) departments completed an electronic questionnaire. Cluster analysis was used to group departments according to the three dimensions of structure. Results demonstrated the presence of two structural designs—the Simple Structure and the Enabling Structure. MANCOVA procedures showed differences between departments in athletic achievement, but not in the education of student athletes. Discussion of the findings and future directions are presented.

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The International Journal of Organizational Analysis, vol. 9 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028941
ISSN: 1055-3185

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Book part
Publication date: 25 November 2019

Why Worry? Celebrating and Reformulating “Integrative Institutionalism”

Christopher W. J. Steele, Madeline Toubiana and Royston Greenwood

The core goal of the “micro-foundational” agenda appears to be less an institutionalism founded in the micro, or reduced to the micro, and more some form of integrative…

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The core goal of the “micro-foundational” agenda appears to be less an institutionalism founded in the micro, or reduced to the micro, and more some form of integrative institutionalism: that is, an institutionalism that does justice to the perpetual, co-constitutive interplay of local activities (the micro) and trans-local patterns (the macro). In this chapter, thus, the authors argue for a conscious, explicit embrace of integrative institutionalism; and of the broader agenda that this terminology opens up. Based on this overdue rewording the authors highlight additional problems and possibilities – providing a constructive reformulation and elaboration of the “micro-foundational” agenda as it currently stands.

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Microfoundations of Institutions
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X2019000065B027
ISBN: 978-1-78769-127-8

Keywords

  • Integrative institutionalism
  • microfoundations
  • macrofoundations
  • institutional theory
  • societal institutions
  • methods of integration
  • integrative institutionalism

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