Three's a Crowd: The Role of Inter‐logic Relationships in Highly Complex Institutional Fields

Fincham, Robin; Forbes, Thomas L.

doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12102

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“…The findings in this study focus on the importance of trust as a hybrid logic, itself connected to the structural embeddness of key actors and organizations operating in distressed neighborhoods. While the literature on institutional logics stresses the emergence of hybrid logics for collaborative efforts (Fincham and Forbes 2015;Thornton et al 2012), it does not suggest that one particular logic element (trust in this instance) might recur regularly across multiple collaborations. Our findings suggested that a structural feature of neighborhood social networks (i.e., the lack of embeddedness) increases the importance of trust.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…A hybrid logic is particularly likely for cross-sectoral partnerships. Hybrids logics may be temporary or may become new norms and are particularly likely when communities are faced with new urban policies, new economic stimuli, or changes in access to resources (Fincham and Forbes 2015). Glaser et al (2016) argued, indirectly, that hybrids become possible because individuals use an "implicit theory" about how a collaboration will operate to guide their behavior rather than simply following the organizational norms and routines with which they might already be more familiar.…”

Section: Inter-institutional Systems and Institutional Logicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Hybrid Institutional Logics Matter: The Importance of Trust and Embeddedness in Neighborhood Revitalization Collaborations

Bohn

Roelfs

2020

Journal of Applied Social Science

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This study applied an institutional logics framework to examine issues that challenged revitalization efforts in three distressed neighborhoods in an urban Midwest U.S. city. Specifically, it examined whether emergent hybrid (organizational) logics influenced multiple disconnected partnerships and collaborations. Thematic analyses were conducted on data from 39 semi-structured interviews conducted in two phases ( n = 11 and n = 28, respectively). The interviewees were from the public, private, academia, and faith-based sectors and included interventions that impacted food insecurity, education, health, the built environment, crime, and substance and alcohol abuse. The findings showed the importance of trust as a hybrid logic impacting collaborations at multiple levels; we link this to additional findings on the level of structural embeddedness in the studied neighborhoods. The findings support the need for public health and community leaders to address gaps in trust/embeddedness in order to improve the success of community interventions. Practitioners and future researchers can apply the concept of hybrid institutional logics in the analysis of neighborhood collaborations, especially when there are multiple collaborations involving partners from different sectors.

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Section: Inter-institutional Systems and Institutional Logicsmentioning

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How Hybrid Institutional Logics Matter: The Importance of Trust and Embeddedness in Neighborhood Revitalization Collaborations

Bohn

Roelfs

2020

Journal of Applied Social Science

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“…The organizational field has become even more complex and full of conflicting demands. This points to a diversity of organizational forms and disputes about their logics (FINCHAM and FORBES, 2015). Recent studies show that organizations respond to their environment with less homogeneous and less automatic responses than previously supposed by the classical institutional perspective (REAL, JASKIEWICZ and HINNINGS, 2015).…”

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Isomorfismo e variação da gestão escolar na rede pública brasileira de Ensino Fundamental

2018

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Resumo Este artigo discute a homogeneidade e variação da gestão nas escolas da rede pública brasileira de Ensino Fundamental. Sua elaboração teórica se respalda no debate contemporâneo da perspectiva institucional que questiona a homogeneidade dos campos organizacionais. Uma das lacunas de pesquisa consiste em revelar como as formas estruturais de determinado campo organizacional são isomórficas e quais são suas consequências sociais. Diante desse quadro, levantam-se duas proposições. A primeira, relacionada ao isomorfismo, assume que há um modelo de gestão educacional disseminado nas redes públicas de ensino. E a segunda admite variações desse modelo associadas ao desempenho das escolas. Na metodologia, aplicou-se um survey a 551 professores da rede municipal de ensino da cidade de Belo Horizonte. Os resultados comprovaram o isomorfismo de um modelo de gestão educacional pautado nos valores de diálogo e participação. Também se observaram variações desse modelo associadas ao desempenho das escolas. Desse modo, a principal contribuição teórica do artigo foi a identificação das lógicas institucionais em um campo organizacional e suas consequências sobre as organizações.

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“…This study demonstrates how using an IL perspective can allow researchers to illustrate how micro-level workplace interactions effect widespread professional change. 61…”

Section: In S Tituti Onal Log Ic Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Change is never easy: How management theories can help operationalise change in medical education

Gordon

Cleland

2020

Medical Education

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Context Medical education is neither simple nor stable, and is highly contextualised. Hence, ways of perceiving multiple connections and complexity are fundamental when seeking to describe, understand and address concerns and questions related to change. Proposal In response to calls in the literature, we introduce three examples of contemporary organisational theory which can be used to understand and operationalise change within medical education. These theories, institutional logics, paradox theory and complexity leadership theory, respectively, are relatively unknown in medical education. However, they provide a way of making sense of the complexity of change creatively. Specifically, they cross‐cut different levels of analysis and allow us to ‘zoom in’ to micro levels, as well as to ‘zoom out’ and connect what is happening at the individual level (the micro level) to what happens at a wider institutional and even national or international level (the macro level), thereby providing a means of understanding the interactions among individuals, teams, organisations and systems. We highlight the potential value of these theories, provide a brief discussion of the few studies that have used them in medical education, and then briefly critique each theory. Conclusions We hope that by drawing the attention of readers to the potential of these management theories, we can unlock some of the complexity of change in medical education, support new ways of thinking and open new avenues for research.

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Three's a Crowd: The Role of Inter‐logic Relationships in Highly Complex Institutional Fields

Cited by 25 publications

References 54 publications

How Hybrid Institutional Logics Matter: The Importance of Trust and Embeddedness in Neighborhood Revitalization Collaborations

How Hybrid Institutional Logics Matter: The Importance of Trust and Embeddedness in Neighborhood Revitalization Collaborations

Isomorfismo e variação da gestão escolar na rede pública brasileira de Ensino Fundamental

Change is never easy: How management theories can help operationalise change in medical education

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