New directions in institutional theory Is there space
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“New directions in institutional theory: Is there space for a European Approach? ” Renate Meyer Tromsö, November 2016
Concerns with current IT • conceptual (un)clarity • fragmentation into different ‘schools’ • ‘App-Institutionalism’ • inflationary usage of institutional vocabulary • “… Institutional terminology as a “prefix” used to signal desired membership in a certain research community, rather than indicating the actual study of institutions. ” • “Not every puzzle can – or should – be solved with an institutional explanation. And not every research question falls within the domain of institutional theory. ” (Meyer & Höllerer, Does Institutional Theory Need Redirection? , JMS, 2014) • little accumulation of knowledge
New directions • • (from my perspective) (Re-)Value-ization Multimodal-ization Histor-ization Re-union between culturalism and relationality • Emotional-ization (pyschologization? ) • Impact and grand challenges • …
Is there space for a Europeani-zation? • good cards, but … … rather a European way than a European approach • good cards, but …
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Is there space for a Europeani-zation? • good cards, but … … rather a European way than a European approach • good cards, but … … boundaries and contributions … publication formats … little impact … recruitment practices Is there space: Definitely!
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