Toward a Structural Model of Organizational-Level Institutional Pluralism and Logic Interconnectedness

Dennis Jancsary (), Renate E. Meyer (), Markus A. Höllerer () and Vitaliano Barberio ()
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Dennis Jancsary: WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1020 Wien, Austria
Renate E. Meyer: WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1020 Wien, Austria; Copenhagen Business School, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Markus A. Höllerer: WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1020 Wien, Austria; UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
Vitaliano Barberio: WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1020 Wien, Austria

Organization Science, 2017, vol. 28, issue 6, 1150-1167

Abstract: In this article, we develop a structural model for studying how constellations of multiple institutional logics are instantiated at the organizational level. Conceptually, we complement an institutional logics perspective with structural interactionism and network theory and model a constellation as a nexus of organizational role identities and counterroles. The structure of such a nexus reveals degrees of differentiation and interconnectedness between logics as well as distinct interfaces. We validate and further develop our model through qualitative content analysis and semantic network analytical methods applied to the website of a large organization. Our study contributes to recent literature on institutional pluralism by further specifying the structural aspects of constellations of logics and different types of institutional pluralism (monolithic, fragmented, and modular). Specifically, we show how systems of role categories enable the identification of logics, and how multivocal roles create interfaces between them. We propose logic permeability as a structural attribute of a logic to describe the totality of interfaces it entertains with other logics within a constellation.

Keywords: institutional pluralism; constellation of logics; structure of logics; role identities; microfoundations; semantic network analysis; block modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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