This paper proposes a contingency theory of institutional entrepreneurship. Institutional entrepreneurship has emerged to explain how agency can be incorporated within institutional theory. Following existiting literature on the “paradox of embedded agency”, we build on the definition of the conditions that enable actors to pursue their best interests by creating, modifying or disrupting existing institutions, namely the position in the organizational field, in the organizational hierarchy and in the intraorganizational network. We discuss the existance of different kinds of institutions, each requiring for individuals a specific amount of resources (ability) and interest (willingness) for change. We build on the classification of institutions into private, social and state ordering mechanisms and we propose for each kind of institution the enabling conditions that, by providing for both the ability and willingness, make an individual more likely to promote divergent changes within it

Capo, F., Brunetta, F., Boccardelli, P. (2016). A Contingency Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship. In Academy of Management Proceedings 2016.

A Contingency Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship

Capo Francesca
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2016

Abstract

This paper proposes a contingency theory of institutional entrepreneurship. Institutional entrepreneurship has emerged to explain how agency can be incorporated within institutional theory. Following existiting literature on the “paradox of embedded agency”, we build on the definition of the conditions that enable actors to pursue their best interests by creating, modifying or disrupting existing institutions, namely the position in the organizational field, in the organizational hierarchy and in the intraorganizational network. We discuss the existance of different kinds of institutions, each requiring for individuals a specific amount of resources (ability) and interest (willingness) for change. We build on the classification of institutions into private, social and state ordering mechanisms and we propose for each kind of institution the enabling conditions that, by providing for both the ability and willingness, make an individual more likely to promote divergent changes within it
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Institutional Entrepreneurship, Institutional Theory
English
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
2016
Academy of Management Proceedings 2016
2016
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Capo, F., Brunetta, F., Boccardelli, P. (2016). A Contingency Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship. In Academy of Management Proceedings 2016.
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