On the Plasticity of Institutions: Containing and Restoring Practice Breakdowns at the Cambridge University Boat Club

Lok, Jaco; Rond, Mark de

doi:10.5465/amj.2010.0688

Cited by 221 publications

(317 citation statements)

References 29 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

295

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…However, to seek legitimacy and adjust to institutional pressure, ideas and prototypes are modified and stretched to fit the new context (Lok andDe Rond 2013, Sahlin andWedlin 2008). Instead of giving in to exogenous pressures such as market transformations, the institution of management education is adjusted to fit new contexts.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A minor practice breakdown usually leads to containment maintenance work, in which the breakdown is pragmatically smoothed over, and the institutional scripts do not change (Lok and De Rond 2013). On the other hand, a major practice breakdown usually leads to restoration maintenance work: the preservation of the structural integrity of an institution, but only when the new context can be fit by "stretching" the institutional script (i.e.…”

Section: Educational Background As a Symbol Of Superior Management Knmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More recently, the term "institutional plasticity" has been applied to explain why some institutions show remarkable persistence over time (Lok and De Rond 2013). Institutional plasticity describes how institutional scripts are "stretched to temporarily fit practice performances that appear to diverge from them without necessarily causing permanent structural change" (Lok and De Rond 2013: 205).…”

Section: Educational Background As a Symbol Of Superior Management Knmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This persistence has several explanations. Two perspectives that have received recent research attention, and which may provide explanations for the stability of the educational credentials of top managers in Norway from 1936 to 2009, are institutional solidarity (Maclean et al 2010) and institutional plasticity (Lok and De Rond 2013).…”

Section: Educational Background As a Symbol Of Superior Management Knmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, a major practice breakdown usually leads to restoration maintenance work: the preservation of the structural integrity of an institution, but only when the new context can be fit by "stretching" the institutional script (i.e. without any major changes, just modifications of the already existing script) (Lok and De Rond 2013).…”

Section: Educational Background As a Symbol Of Superior Management Knmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Stability and change in managerial elites: the institution of management education in Norway from 1936 to 2009

Kvålshaugen

Amdam

2014

Management & Organizational History

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Educational Background As a Symbol Of Superior Management Knmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Educational Background As a Symbol Of Superior Management Knmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Educational Background As a Symbol Of Superior Management Knmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Educational Background As a Symbol Of Superior Management Knmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Stability and change in managerial elites: the institution of management education in Norway from 1936 to 2009

Kvålshaugen

Amdam

2014

Management & Organizational History

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Combining safety approaches to bring hazards into focus: An oil sands tailings case study

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

At least 50 hazardous occurrences associated with tailings facilities occurred in the Canadian mining industry between 2000-2014. Further investigation revealed a dearth of information on worker safety around tailings storage and transport facilities. Workers at oil sands tailings operations are exposed to hazardous scenarios, including loss of containment and line of fire. These are the similar scenarios that manifest in traditional process industries, with the notable differences between traditional process industries and tailings operations being the frequency of incidents, pressures, volumes, and temperatures. The presence of hazardous scenarios and lack of incident reviews illustrate the need for increased attention to be paid to worker safety at oil sand tailings operations as well as enhancements to current hazard identification tools. Process safety management tools such as bow tie diagrams can be applied to tailings operations to visually identify unwanted events (process and occupational health and safety related), potential threats, consequences, and controls used to prevent incidents from occurring. They also serve as a tool for continuous improvement and show any over-reliance on one type of control, such as administrative controls or personal protective equipment. This research combines safety approaches using the bow tie analysis of seven hazardous operational activities in the oil sands tailings operations as a case study. The impact of behavioural safety on the controls is also analyzed. This research facilitated the sharing of tailings safety best practices among oil sands operators and regional contractors.

show abstract

Revisiting institutional stability: A systematic review and distillations of dominant modes

Galik

Chelbi

2021

Env Pol Gov

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The concept of institutional stability has been explored from multiple disciplinary lenses and is associated with a variety of theories and frameworks, masking important variation in the mechanisms and modes of institutional stability, and complicating our understanding of how and why institutions are maintained over time. This is particularly salient to questions of environmental governance, where the recent pace and magnitude of both political and environmental change necessitates more careful attention to the capacity of existing institutions to persist or adapt. Here, we conduct a systematic review to examine the treatment of institutional stability in the literature to determine whether dominant or consistent conceptualizations of institutional stability are present. Beginning with a list of 21 synonyms for stability as used in the literature, we assembled a raw dataset of 23,379 manuscripts in print or published between 1976 and August 2019. Papers were then screened to ensure a theoretical or empirical analysis of institutional stability, resulting in a final dataset of 165 unique manuscripts. From our review, we propose two separate axes-directionality and intentionality-upon which four separate modes of stability may be arrayed. Termed passive stability, active stability, intended inaction, and failed action, we find that each is characterized by distinct mechanisms and captures specific concepts detailed in the extant literature. Though we believe our typology to have the potential to provide for a more precise analysis of institutional stability and associated policy and resource outcomes, further research is necessary to demonstrate its applicability.

show abstract

On the Plasticity of Institutions: Containing and Restoring Practice Breakdowns at the Cambridge University Boat Club

Cited by 221 publications

References 29 publications

Stability and change in managerial elites: the institution of management education in Norway from 1936 to 2009

Stability and change in managerial elites: the institution of management education in Norway from 1936 to 2009

Combining safety approaches to bring hazards into focus: An oil sands tailings case study

Revisiting institutional stability: A systematic review and distillations of dominant modes

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About