Introduction to the Institutional Logics Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID23737835
AuthorsPatricia H Thornton (0000-0003-1058-3767), William Ocasio (0000-0002-3881-4603), M Lounsbury (0000-0002-1234-0972)
Year2012
Pages1-19
Publication date2012-02-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueThe institutional logics perspective (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199601936.003.0001
OpenAlexW2482477426
ISBN9780199601936
LanguageEN
Citations received11

This chapter introduces the institutional logics perspective as an analytical framework for institutional analysis. It lays out the goal of the book as a primer and programmatic statement that distinguishes the perspective from neo-institutional theory and proposes novel theory to flesh out the meta-theory initially suggested by Friedland and Alford (1991). Second, it discusses the suitability of the perspective for inter-disciplinary integration of institutional research across the social sciences. Third, it sets out the purpose of four of the central meta-theoretical principles of the institutional logics perspective and introduces an integrated model of the cross level effects that is discussed in detail in the following chapters.

Discipline · Epistemology · Institutional theory · Management science · Perspective (graphical) · Social science · Sociology · Statement (logic) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Corruption and Economic Development · Engineering · Philosophy