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The 150‐Year‐Old Hybrid Organization: A Historical View on Municipally Owned Corporations (MOC) in Sweden

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents a 150‐year longitudinal analysis of the development of municipally owned corporations (MOCs) in Sweden, tracing their emergence in the mid‐nineteenth century, their expansion during the growth of the welfare state, and their transformation in the era of market‐oriented public sector reform.
Anna Thomasson, Olof Hallonsten
wiley   +1 more source

Neoinstitutionalism si schimbare institutionala [PDF]

, 2021
In this article I try to clarify the concept of institutional change, a concept that was not seen as a problem in political science even after the behavioral revolution has reached more dynamic topics such as modernization, transformation and development.
Chiffa, Monica
core  

The Emergence of Peace and Conflict Studies: Comparing Differences in the Creation of Academic Programs With Ties to Social Movements in US Higher Education

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article expands the sociological scholarship on the development of academic programs in intellectual fields tied to social movements. After briefly reviewing this literature, which has especially focused on fields like ethnic studies and women's studies, it examines the development of the smaller field of peace and conflict studies.
Elise Wolff
wiley   +1 more source

Instytucjonalne uwarunkowania rywalizacji o władzę w postradzieckich systemach autorytarnych

Politeja, 2018
Institutional Conditions of the Political Rivalry in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian Regimes More than 25 years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Rafał Czachor
doaj   +1 more source

“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts

Sociological Forum, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 396-411, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court actors across eight states understand the organizational processes supporting the fiscal logic of legal financial obligations (LFOs).
Sarah K. S. Shannon, Gabriela Kirk‐Werner, Beth Huebner, Lacey Byram Moore   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Context and implications document for: Parents, individualism and education: three paradigms and four countries

, 2020
Review of Education, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 727-732, October 2020.
Ralph Fevre, Isabel Guimarães, Wei Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

Multinational Enterprises' ESG Strategy Against Institutional Pressures in Emerging Markets: The Moderating Effect of Digitalization Capability

Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 34, Issue 8, Page 10373-10394, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examined the institutional pressures that influence the implementation of a multinational enterprises' (MNEs) environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy in emerging markets. It investigated the sustainable performance (i.e., financial, social, and environmental performance) resulting from MNEs' strategic responses to ...
Min‐Jae Lee, Yanghee Kim, Taewoo Roh, Minjung Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Hopeful Heroes to Cynical Martyrs: Identity Work and the Path‐Dependent Identification with Maladaptive Logics

Journal of Management Studies, Volume 62, Issue 8, Page 3351-3385, December 2025.
Abstract Scholars have long attended to both the persistence and change of institutional logic–identity constellations, but we know less about why and how organizational members might cling to a logic despite its evident maladaptive character and the resulting emotional upheaval.
Lindie Botha, Ralph Hamann
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding risk governance: Introducing sociological neoinstitutionalism and foucauldian governmentality for further theorizing [PDF]

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2011
This article traces the career of risk across prominent theoretical approaches by highlighting their key assumptions and premises, specifically the technical approach found in the physical sciences, and economics, psychology, and sociology in the social sciences. In each discipline, the strengths and limitations of each theoretical approach are pointed
openaire   +2 more sources

The Mission (Im)possible of Climate Action through Quixotic Institutional Work

Journal of Management Studies, Volume 62, Issue 8, Page 3638-3658, December 2025.
Abstract The ‘iron cage’ of the (neo‐) liberal‐capitalist system prioritizes economic returns over climate protection. Formerly powerful nation‐states are subordinated to the rule of markets, whereas business elites have been freed from substantial responsibility for social and environmental concerns.
Giuseppe Delmestri, Elke S. Schuessler
wiley   +1 more source