Original paper
People, Actors, and the Humanizing of Institutional Theory
Abstract
In much contemporary institutional scholarship, the term ‘actor’ is used as a shorthand for any entity imbued with agency. Talking about actors in institutions thus serves the necessity of allocating agency before returning to the analysis of institutional structures and processes. We find this approach to actorhood limiting, conceptually and normatively. Grounded in the perspective of pragmatist phenomenology, we assert the need for...
Paper Details
Title
People, Actors, and the Humanizing of Institutional Theory
Published Date
Feb 28, 2020
Volume
57
Issue
4
Pages
873 - 884
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