If your research involves understanding institutions and their influences on organizations, please join us for an exciting session on Monday morning at the Academy meeting.
Logics and Alternative Approaches to Understanding Meanings in Institutions
Monday, Aug 10 2015 9:45AM - 11:15AM at Vancouver Convention Centre in Room 110
Panelists: Mike Lounsbury, Willie Ocasio, Jeff Loewenstein, Paul Hirsch, Barbara Gray, Jill Purdy and Shaz Ansari
Institutional logics have become a dominant approach to understanding organization and field dynamics, but a variety of theoretical tools are available to interpret how meanings are constructed, transmitted and changed, including theories of communication, framing, sensemaking, and vocabularies. Join us for a moderated panel discussion that explores how these approaches expand on the logics approach and collectively offer a richer, more nuanced and complete account of how meanings become institutionalized and contribute to change, stasis and persistence of institutions.