“…Institutional maintenance work refers to the proactive engagement of actors in the continuous existence of established institutions (Lawrence and Suddaby, ). Such work is particularly visible in the context of a pending threat of deinstitutionalization (Barin Cruz et al, ; Blanc and Huault, ) and under conditions of institutional complexity (Smets and Jarzabkowski, ). Neglect can also make institutions subject to gradual erosion (Dacin et al, ; Lawrence et al, ; Zucker, ).…”
Section: Artefacts In Institutional Maintenance Workmentioning
Institutional maintenance work refers to actors’ deliberate effort to maintain an institution. This paper examines how actors use authentication, i.e., the relational constitution of an artefact as original or as a genuine expression of a particular type, style or person, to accomplish institutional maintenance work. We investigated contemporary adjustments to six listed buildings. These works were undertaken to keep these buildings functional while at the same time protecting their listing; by doing so they contributed to maintain the institution of Architectural Heritage. Our analysis identifies three forms of authentication: material consolidation, crafts mobilization and character enhancement. We elaborate on each of them and explain their institutional underpinnings and outcomes. The paper concludes with an articulation of authentication as a potent form of institutional maintenance work. Taking its starting point in materiality, authentication is a relational practice that helps maintain institutions relying on irreplaceable artefacts for their maintenance.
“…Institutional maintenance work refers to the proactive engagement of actors in the continuous existence of established institutions (Lawrence and Suddaby, ). Such work is particularly visible in the context of a pending threat of deinstitutionalization (Barin Cruz et al, ; Blanc and Huault, ) and under conditions of institutional complexity (Smets and Jarzabkowski, ). Neglect can also make institutions subject to gradual erosion (Dacin et al, ; Lawrence et al, ; Zucker, ).…”
Section: Artefacts In Institutional Maintenance Workmentioning
Institutional maintenance work refers to actors’ deliberate effort to maintain an institution. This paper examines how actors use authentication, i.e., the relational constitution of an artefact as original or as a genuine expression of a particular type, style or person, to accomplish institutional maintenance work. We investigated contemporary adjustments to six listed buildings. These works were undertaken to keep these buildings functional while at the same time protecting their listing; by doing so they contributed to maintain the institution of Architectural Heritage. Our analysis identifies three forms of authentication: material consolidation, crafts mobilization and character enhancement. We elaborate on each of them and explain their institutional underpinnings and outcomes. The paper concludes with an articulation of authentication as a potent form of institutional maintenance work. Taking its starting point in materiality, authentication is a relational practice that helps maintain institutions relying on irreplaceable artefacts for their maintenance.
“…Two papers in this Special Issue address these themes. Focusing on the French recorded music industry, Blanc and Huault[62] study the attempts of major labels to maintain the institution of intellectual property rights. They pay particular attention to the way artefacts -specifically, CDs and digital files -are used in discourse and find that powerful actors try to infuse new artefacts with the values inscribed in existing institutional arrangements.…”
“…plurality of principles of action or institutional pluralism 2 (Friedland, 2012;Lanzara & Patriotta, 2007;Leca, Huault, & Boxenbaum, 2015;Tryggestad & Georg, 2011), but little work documents their roles (Blanc & Huault, 2014;Jones, Boxenbaum, & Anthony, 2013) . This research note contributes to this effort by building on the conceptual developments of economies of worth (EW), which are also concerned with how organisations with heterogeneous principles of action function (Boxenbaum,…”
Section: Management International International Management Gestiòn Inmentioning
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