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Institutional work : actors and agency in institutional studies of organizations /
"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 f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 these traditional concerns, shifting the focus to understanding how action affects institutions. This book sets a new research agenda for institutional studies of organization by analyzing the ways in which individuals, groups, and organizations work to create, maintain, and disrupt the institutions that structure their lives. Through a series of essays and case studies, it explores the conceptual core of institutional work, identifies institutional work strategies, provides exemplars for future empirical research, and embeds the concept within broader sociological debates and ideas."--Page i |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 324 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511596605 051159660X 9780511596209 0511596200 9780521178525 0521178525 |