Search for dissertations about: "institutional theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 316 swedish dissertations containing the words institutional theory.

2. 16. Change in the cage : Exploring an organisaitonal field: Sweden's biofuel region

   Author : Christopher Nicol; Tommy Jensen; Kiflemariam Hamde; Stefan Jonsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Institutional theory; organisational field change; institutional forces; structuration processes; triggers for change; Institutionell teori; organisatorisk fält förändring; institutionella krafter; struktureringsteori; processer; utlösare av förändring; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

   Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis seeks to better understand how change occurs within a group of organisations. Aiming to make a contribution to institutional theory, it brings together three main schools, namely: old, new and neoinstitutionalism, in an integrative approach for understanding organisational field change. READ MORE

4. 17. Manager and civil servant : exploring actors' taken-for-granted assumptions in public administration

   Author : Tom S. Karlsson; Karin Jonnergård; Gert Paulsson; Jonas Gerdin; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public Sector Reforms; Management; Civil Service; Taken-for-granted assumptions; Institutional Theory; Structuration Theory; Business administration; Företagsekonomi; Public Sector Reform; Management; Civil Service; Taken-for-granted Assumptions; Institutional Theory; Structuration Theory;

   Abstract : Manager and Civil Servant is an exploration of actors' taken-for-granted assumptions that govern perceptions concerning how public administration should be undertaken within contemporary welfare states. It is argued that more than 30 years of continuous reforms directed towards public administration have caused dilemmas to arise. READ MORE

5. 18. Off the Edge of the Map: A Study of Organizational Diversity as Identity Work

   Author : Viktorija Kalonaityte; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; feminist theory; mock bureaucracy; identity work; Organizational diversity; identity construction; postcolonial theory; institutional process;

   Abstract : “Diversify or die” is a recurring and rather dramatic call for organizations to recruit, retain and manage a demographically diverse workforce, advocated by the business case for diversity, also known as diversity management philosophy. Diversity management places diverse social identities at the heart of organizational success and has gained much attention from management consultants and managers in North America and Europe. READ MORE

6. 19. How institutions matter in MA research : a literature review

   Author : Malin Härström; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Institutional theory; Institutional theorizing; Embedded agency; Institutions; Social structure; Sources of change; MA practice; Sources of MA practice; Conceptualizations of MA; Social role of MA;

   Abstract : It is currently popular to study management accounting (MA) from an institutionalist perspective. Such a perspective is premised on that ‘institutions matter’; so that notions of social structure, agency and linkages in between them thus become central. READ MORE

7. 20. Platforms in Liquid Modernity : Essays about the Sharing Economy, Digital Platforms, and Institutions

   Author : Andrea Geissinger; Christina Öberg; Christofer Laurell; Christian Sandström; Robin Teigland; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sharing economy; digital platforms; institutional theory; institutional logics; social ordering; Social Media Analytics; community; liquid modernity; interregnum; in-betweenness;

   Abstract : The year 2020 feels like the beginning of a crescendo of change. As environmental and social challenges reach an all-time high, the organization of our societies is coming under scrutiny. We, as a society, turn to technology to reinvent the organization of social life after disruptive episodes. READ MORE