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- Alvesson, Mats, et al.
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Neo-Institutional Theory and Organization Studies : A Mid-Life Crisis?
- 2019
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Ingår i: Organization Studies. - : SAGE Publications. - 0170-8406 .- 1741-3044. ; 40:2, s. 199-218
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We trace the development of neo-institutional theory in Organization Studies from a marginal topic to the dominant theory. We show how it has evolved from infancy, through adolescence and early adulthood to being a fully mature theory, which we think is now facing a mid-life crisis. Some of the features of this mid-life crisis include over-reach, myopia, tautology, pseudo-progress and re-inventing the wheel. To address these problems, we argue that institutional theorists should limit the range of the concept, sharpen their lens, avoid tautologies and problematize the concept. By doing this, we think institutional theorists could develop a narrower and more focused conception of institutions.
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- Alvesson, Mats, et al.
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(Un)Conditional surrender? Why do professionals willingly comply with managerialism
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Ingår i: Journal of Organizational Change Management. - 0953-4814. ; 29:1, s. 1-19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the question – why do professionals surrender their autonomy? This paper looks at the case of academics, in particular business school academics. It traces how this group of professionals have progressively surrendered their autonomy and complied with the demands of managerialism. Design/methodology/approach – This largely theoretical paper looks to develop an understanding of (over)compliance with the bureaucratization of research using the four faces of power – coercive, agenda setting, ideological and discursive.Findings– The discussion of this paper argues that the surrendering of autonomy has been reinforced through coercive forms of power like rewards and punishment and bureaucratization; manipulation and mainstreaming through pushing a particular version of research to the top of the agenda; domination through shaping norms and values; and subjectification through creating new identities.Originality/value– The paper explores how academics deal with tensions and paradoxes such as compliance and resistance, as well as love of work and loathing of it. To deal with these paradoxes, academics often treat their work as a game and see themselves as players. While this process enables academics to reconcile themselves with their loss of autonomy, it has troubling collective outcomes: the production of increasing uninteresting and irrelevant research.
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- Alvesson, Mats, et al.
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Uninhibited Institutionalisms
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Management Inquiry. - : SAGE Publications. - 1056-4926 .- 1552-6542. ; 28:2, s. 119-127
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Institutional theory (IT) is a very influential set of approaches in organization studies. There is increasing critique that the set is becoming uninhibited: too broad, dispersed, and confusing. Efforts to rejuvinate the field(s) have led to all-embracing definitions and efforts to account for too much, which makes it difficult to identify what is distinct about the assembly of research. This article discusses critically the state of IT and suggests some reconceptualizations of institution and institutional theory and points at some alternative lines of development.
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- Cederström, Carl, 1980-, et al.
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Going public
- 2017
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Ingår i: Organization. - : SAGE Publications. - 1350-5084 .- 1461-7323. ; 24:5, s. 708-711
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Frandsen, Sanne, et al.
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Faculty responses to business school branding : A discursive approach
- 2018
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Ingår i: European Journal of Marketing. - : Emerald Group Publishing. - 1758-7123 .- 0309-0566. ; 52:5-6, s. 1128-1153
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose The branding of universities is increasingly recognized to present a different set of challenges than in corporate, for-profit sectors. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how faculty make sense of branding in the context of higher education, specifically considering branding initiatives in business schools. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on qualitative interviews with faculty regarding their responses to organizational branding at four business schools. Discourse analysis was used to analyze the interview data. Findings The study reveals varied, fluid and reflexive faculty interpretations of organizational branding. Faculty interviewed in the study adopted a number of stances towards their schools' branding efforts. In particular, the study identifies three main faculty responses to branding: endorsement, ambivalence and cynicism. Originality/value The study contributes by highlighting the ambiguities and ambivalence generated by brand management initiatives in the higher education context, offering original insights into the multiple ways that faculty exploit, frame and resist attempts to brand their organizations. The authors conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for branding in university contexts.
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- Spicer, André, et al.
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Extending critical performativity
- 2016
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Ingår i: Human Relations. - : SAGE Publications. - 0018-7267 .- 1741-282X. ; 69:2, s. 225-249
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we extend the debate about critical performativity. We begin by outlining the basic tenets of critical performativity and how this has been applied in the study of management and organization. We then address recent critiques of critical performance. We note these arguments suffer from an undue focus on intra-academic debates; engage in author-itarian theoretical policing; feign relevance through symbolic radicalism; and repackage common sense. We take these critiques as an opportunity to offer an extended model of critical performativity that involves focusing on issues of public importance; engaging with non-academic groups using dialectical reasoning; scaling up insights through movement building; and propagating deliberation.
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