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Institutional theory and HRM: A new look
Human Resource Management Review, 2019Abstract The context of HRM is important but undertheorized ( Paauwe, 2009 ) and subsequently underresearched ( Jackson, Schuler, & Jiang, 2014 ). We offer two recent perspectives of institutional theory—institutional logics and institutional work—as theoretical lenses through which scholars can explore the influence of institutional context on HRM ...
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Institutional Economic Theory:
Review of Political Economy, 1989The object of this paper is to make some limited comparisons between the ‘new’ institutionalism of Williamson, Schotter, Hayek and others and the ‘old’ institutionalism, particularly of Veblen. It is argued that a fundamental feature of the ‘new’ institutionalism in which it contrasts with the ‘old’ is its close attachment to the idea of the abstract ...
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Theory institute appoints new head
Physics World, 2008The cosmologist Neil Turok has been appointed as the next executive director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada. Turok, who is currently chair of mathematical physics at the University of Cambridge in the UK, will take over the reins in October. The 50- year-old cosmologist described the move as the "opportunity of a
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Institutions and Change: New Horizons in Economic Theory
2021This chapter is a revised version of a keynote addressing an international gathering of scholars. It was convened to provoke a broad and sincere exchange on new dimensions of state activism as seen through sectoral and country experiences, basically anchored in empirical analyses.
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The new institutional economics and the theory of the firm
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001Abstract Concepts of importance in the literature of the New Institutional Economics, such as transaction costs and bounded rationality, have been used to extend the standard neoclassical model of the firm, but the hybrid models created have failed to provide adequate explanations of enterprise behavior.
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Theory institute seeks a new leader
Physics World, 2007Bosses at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, have begun looking for a new leader after the sudden departure of executive director Howard Burton last month. Burton, who has led the institute since it was founded in 1999, decided to quit after negotiations over a new contract broke down.
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Toward a New Theory of Institutional Change
World Politics, 2008Going beyond historical and rational choice institutionalism, this article elaborates the core of a new theory that can account for the discontinuous, disproportionate, and frequently wave like-nature of institutional change. Cognitive-psychological findings on shifts in actors' propensity for assuming risk help explain why periods of institutional ...
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The New Institutional Theory of Art
2010<p>Question: What do all works of art have in common? Answer: They are all products of a major cultural institution called “The Artworld”.</p><p> Question: Is this what makes them art? Answer: Yes.</p><p> The New Institutional Theory of Art is a different kind of theory about art. The theory is capable of explaining how it
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New Advancements in Quantitative Institutional-Theory-Testing Research
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020This symposium makes a direct contribution to the 2020 AOM’s theme to “Broaden our Vision,” promoting cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars from organization theory, entrepreneurship, and econ...
Christopher Boudreaux +12 more
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Institutional theory: a new perspective for research into IS/IT security in organisations
37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2004. Proceedings of the, 2004The aim of this position paper is to argue for the suitability of an institutional perspective in IS/IT (information systems/information technology) security research. Institutional theory, including some of its central concepts, is presented, along with examples of how it has been used in information systems research.
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