"institutional work" for what? Problems and prospects of institutional theory

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-72

  Willmott, Hugh ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; cult of the individual; institutional logics; institutional work; reflexivity; structure; western rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751534863     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492610387224     Document Type: Article

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