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  • 1.  Institutional entrepreneurs Vs. Social movement actors

    Posted 09-04-2009 10:34
    Hi Colleagues:
     
    I have a question and am trying to find an answer, but have not found it as yet, so it will be great if someone can help me, please!
     
    "Are social movement actors and institutional entrepreneurs the same?" Let me be more specific. In my research, I am focusing on individuals who are promoting goals of the sustainability movement, and attempting to initiate changes in their organization that support the goals of that movement. Now, in terms of labeling those individuals, should I be refering to them as social movement activists/actors, or are they institutional entrepreneurs, or are they both (ie, can I use those two terms inter-changeably then)? I will be grateful if you can please share your insights and if you know of any paper(s) that address these distinctions, will you kindly recommend those to me. Many thanks for your help.
     
    Happy Labor Weekend,
    Aarti
     
     
     
     
    Aarti Sharma, Ph.D.
    Instructor of Strategic Management
    Department of Management & Organization
    College of Business Administration
    University of South Florida
    4202 E. Fowler Ave., BSN-3524
    Tampa, FL-33620-5500
    Tel: 813-974-4354
    Fax: 813- 974-1734
    Email: asharma@coba.usf.edu
    Web: http://www.coba.usf.edu/departments/management/faculty/sharma/index.html
     


  • 2.  Institutional entrepreneurs Vs. Social movement actors

    Posted 09-05-2009 07:42
    Aarti,

    In my opinion, social movement actors are the subclass of
    institutional entrepreneurs. For instance, the paper by Greenwood &
    Suddaby, 2006 discusses institutional entrepreneurship in mature
    fields, the case where: (a) institutional entrepreneurs are
    organizations, not individuals, and (b) these institutional
    entrepreneurs are in the field of professional service market, and
    they cannot be seen as a 'social movement'.

    So, apparently, the term 'institutional entrepreneur' has a broader meaning.

    Best wishes,

    Pavel Luksha
    Group Research in Organizational Evolution
    University of Hertfordshire, UK

    On 9/4/09, Sharma, Aarti <asharma@coba.usf.edu> wrote:
    > Hi Colleagues:
    >
    > I have a question and am trying to find an answer, but have not found it as
    > yet, so it will be great if someone can help me, please!
    >
    > "Are social movement actors and institutional entrepreneurs the same?" Let
    > me be more specific. In my research, I am focusing on individuals who are
    > promoting goals of the sustainability movement, and attempting to initiate
    > changes in their organization that support the goals of that movement. Now,
    > in terms of labeling those individuals, should I be refering to them as
    > social movement activists/actors, or are they institutional entrepreneurs,
    > or are they both (ie, can I use those two terms inter-changeably then)? I
    > will be grateful if you can please share your insights and if you know of
    > any paper(s) that address these distinctions, will you kindly recommend
    > those to me. Many thanks for your help.
    >
    > Happy Labor Weekend,
    > Aarti
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Aarti Sharma, Ph.D.
    > Instructor of Strategic Management
    > Department of Management & Organization
    > College of Business Administration
    > University of South Florida
    > 4202 E. Fowler Ave., BSN-3524
    > Tampa, FL-33620-5500
    > Tel: 813-974-4354
    > Fax: 813- 974-1734
    > Email: asharma@coba.usf.edu
    > Web:
    > http://www.coba.usf.edu/departments/management/faculty/sharma/index.html
    >
    >


  • 3.  Institutional entrepreneurs Vs. Social movement actors

    Posted 09-08-2009 00:59
    Aarti,
    There is a recent review chapter on institutional entrepreneurship by Cynthia Hardy and Steve Maguire in the 2008 Sage Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism edited by Royston Greenwood et al. which may be of help.

    Best,
    Pat Thornton

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    thornton@duke.edu
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    Subject: Re: [OMT] Institutional entrepreneurs Vs. Social movement actors

    Aarti,

    In my opinion, social movement actors are the subclass of
    institutional entrepreneurs. For instance, the paper by Greenwood &
    Suddaby, 2006 discusses institutional entrepreneurship in mature
    fields, the case where: (a) institutional entrepreneurs are
    organizations, not individuals, and (b) these institutional
    entrepreneurs are in the field of professional service market, and
    they cannot be seen as a 'social movement'.

    So, apparently, the term 'institutional entrepreneur' has a broader meaning.

    Best wishes,

    Pavel Luksha
    Group Research in Organizational Evolution
    University of Hertfordshire, UK

    On 9/4/09, Sharma, Aarti <asharma@coba.usf.edu> wrote:
    > Hi Colleagues:
    >
    > I have a question and am trying to find an answer, but have not found it as
    > yet, so it will be great if someone can help me, please!
    >
    > "Are social movement actors and institutional entrepreneurs the same?" Let
    > me be more specific. In my research, I am focusing on individuals who are
    > promoting goals of the sustainability movement, and attempting to initiate
    > changes in their organization that support the goals of that movement. Now,
    > in terms of labeling those individuals, should I be refering to them as
    > social movement activists/actors, or are they institutional entrepreneurs,
    > or are they both (ie, can I use those two terms inter-changeably then)? I
    > will be grateful if you can please share your insights and if you know of
    > any paper(s) that address these distinctions, will you kindly recommend
    > those to me. Many thanks for your help.
    >
    > Happy Labor Weekend,
    > Aarti
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Aarti Sharma, Ph.D.
    > Instructor of Strategic Management
    > Department of Management & Organization
    > College of Business Administration
    > University of South Florida
    > 4202 E. Fowler Ave., BSN-3524
    > Tampa, FL-33620-5500
    > Tel: 813-974-4354
    > Fax: 813- 974-1734
    > Email: asharma@coba.usf.edu
    > Web:
    > http://www.coba.usf.edu/departments/management/faculty/sharma/index.html
    >
    >