2002
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2002.6588004
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Institutional Contradictions, Praxis, and Institutional Change: A Dialectical Perspective

Abstract: We use a dialectical perspective to provide a unique framework for understanding institutional change that more fully captures its totalistic, historical, and dynamic nature, as well as fundamentally resolves a theoretical dilemma of institutional theory: the relative swing between agency and embeddedness. In this framework institutional change is understood as an outcome of the dynamic interactions between two institutional by-products: institutional contradictions and human praxis. In particular, we depict p… Show more

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“…Secondly, we start from the criticism sustained by Scholars regarding the way institutional theory has been adopted in exploring "how" organizations respond to pressures from the institutional environment; in fact, this approach, among other aspects, fails to recognise the processes through which institutions are created, adapted, transposed and/or discarded (Dacin et al, 2002;Scott, 2001;Seo and Creed, 2002) as well as to be aware of power and interest at the organizational level (Scott 2001;Dillard et al, 2004;Lounsbury, 2007). Consequently, through the lens of the OIE, we aim to provide a greater understanding of processes of change 2 , in order to improve the reciprocal coordination characterizing logistic processes involving the stakeholders of a PCS.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Secondly, we start from the criticism sustained by Scholars regarding the way institutional theory has been adopted in exploring "how" organizations respond to pressures from the institutional environment; in fact, this approach, among other aspects, fails to recognise the processes through which institutions are created, adapted, transposed and/or discarded (Dacin et al, 2002;Scott, 2001;Seo and Creed, 2002) as well as to be aware of power and interest at the organizational level (Scott 2001;Dillard et al, 2004;Lounsbury, 2007). Consequently, through the lens of the OIE, we aim to provide a greater understanding of processes of change 2 , in order to improve the reciprocal coordination characterizing logistic processes involving the stakeholders of a PCS.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O Balanced Scorecard (BSC) foi implementado por motivos técnicos e depois por legitimação, em 2005, quando os sistemas de contabilidade gerencial introduzidos após a privatização já haviam sido institucionalizados. O processo de mudança é possível devido a acumulação de contradições institucionais, como a não adaptabilidade e lacunas de eficiência, que permite à práxis humana introduzir a mudança (SEO;CREED, 2002). Entretanto, no nosso caso a implementação do BSC não foi motivada por contradições institucionais e não teve sucesso porque essa mudança não permitiu a acumulação de contradições institucionais.…”
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“…El Cuadro de Mando Integral (CMI) ha sido implementado por razones técnicas y luego por razones de legitimidad, en 2005, cuando ya se habían institucionalizado los sistemas de contabilidad de gestión introducidas después de la privatización. El proceso de cambio es posible debido a la acumulación de contradicciones institucionales, como la no adaptabilidad y lagunas de eficiencia, lo que permite la praxis humana introduzca cambios (SEO;CREED, 2002). Sin embargo, la implementación del CMI no estaba motivada por las contradicciones institucionales y no tuvo éxito debido a este cambio no permitió la acumulación de contradicciones institucionales.…”
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