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The notion of microfoundations has received growing interest in neo-institutional theory (NIT) along with an increasing interest in microfoundational research in disciplines such as strategic management and organizational economics. However, despite reference to the same term, there are decisive differences in how microfoundations have been addressed across different disciplines. The aim of this double volume is to explore in more depth what the microfoundations of institutions are and what it takes to actually develop sound microfoundations. To this end, this double volume sets off by exploring the recent well-spring of micro-level research in NIT (i.e., research on the individual, practice and group level). While intimately related, micro-level research and microfoundations are not necessarily the same thing. Hence, the double volume seeks to bring to the fore different perspectives in micro-level research in order to tease out what these perspectives imply for building microfoundations, where they converge and where they diverge.

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Author:   Patrick Haack (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) ,  Jost Sieweke (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) ,  Lauri Wessel (University of Bremen, Germany)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume:   65, Part A
Weight:   0.581kg
ISBN:  

9781787691247

ISBN 10:   1787691241
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   25 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1 - Prologue 1: What are Micro-Foundations, Why and How to Study Them?; Pamela S. Tolbert and Lynne G. Zucker  Section 2 - Introduction  2: Introduction; Patrick Haack, Jost Sieweke, and Lauri Wessel  Section 3 - Cognitive Perspective on Microfoundations 3: Towards a multi-level theory of institutional contestation: Exploring category legitimation across domains of institutional action; Alex Bitektine and Robert Nason   4: When do market intermediaries sanction categorical deviation? The role of expertise, identity and competition; Romain Boulongne, Arnaud Cudennec, and Rodolphe Durand  5: 'The HR generalist is dead': A phenomenological perspective on decoupling; Julia Brandl, Jochen Dreher, and Anna Schneider  6: Why do individuals perceive and respond to the same institutional demands differently? On the cognitive structural underpinnings of institutional complexity; Magdalena Cholakova and Davide Ravasi 7: The Generativity of Collective Identity: Identity Movements as Mechanisms for New Institutions; Mary Ann Glynn and Benjamin D. Innis 8: Embodied and reflexive agency in institutional fields: An integrative neo-institutional perspective on institutional change; Jan Goldenstein and Peter Walgenbach 9: How do institutions take root at the individual level?; Osnat Hazan and Tammer B. Zilber 10: Sensegiving and sensemaking of highly disruptive issues: Animal rights experienced through PETA YouTube videos; Yanfei Hu and Claus Rerup 11: Connecting the tree to the rain forest: Examining the microfoundations of institutions with cultural consensus theory; Josh Keller 12: Specifying the 'what' and separating the 'how': Doings, sayings, codes, and artifacts as the building blocks of institutions; Omar Lizardo 13: Identity within the Microfoundations of Institutions: A Historical Review; Anna E. Roberts 14: Microfoundations of Institutional Change in the Career Structure of UK Elite Law Firms; Thomas J. Roulet, Lionel Paolella, Claudia Gabbionnetta and Daniel Muzio 15: Bases of Conformity and Institutional Theory: Understanding Organizational Decision-Making; Pamela S. Tolbert and Tiffany Darabi

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Patrick Haack is Professor of Strategy at HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne. His current research focuses on social judgment formation, practice adoption, and the application of experiments and formal modeling approaches to the study of institutionalization and legitimation.Jost Sieweke is Associate Professor of Management & Organization at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His research focuses on human errors and legitimacy. He is also working in the application of natural experiments in management research. Lauri Wessel is Associate Professor of Management & Organization at the University of Bremen, Germany. His research spawns the domains of organization theory and information systems research by applying sociological theories such as institutional theory to understand digital technology.

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