The ‘Telos’ as a Lens That Illuminates Values in Practice

Nina Kurlberg ()
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Nina Kurlberg: University of Edinburgh

Chapter 14 in Researching Values, 2022, pp 243-261 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The central question this chapter seeks to address is, how can the perspective of institutional logics contribute to research on values in organisational practice? Drawing on empirical research conducted within an international faith-based relief and development organisation in the UK, the argument advanced in this chapter is that it is the ‘telos’ of each institutional logic in action within the organisation—that is, its ultimate aim or intention—that shapes the values in operation within organisational practice. While all institutional logics are value-based, some are more explicitly so than others. By identifying the teloi of the institutional logics dominant within organisational practice, the values tacit within it are brought to light.

Keywords: Institutional logics; Values in practice; Faith-based organisations; Typology; Telos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90769-3_14

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