Inhabited Actors: Internalizing Institutions through Communication and Actorhood Models

Alex Bitektine (), Patrick Haack, Joel Bothello () and Johanna Mair
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Alex Bitektine: Concordia University [Montreal]
Patrick Haack: UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
Joel Bothello: EM - EMLyon Business School
Johanna Mair: Hertie School (Germany, Berlin)

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Abstract: We argue that accounts of relationships among actors, actorhood and institutions are predominantly based on a spatial metaphor of actors operating within institutions. We outline how an inversion of this metaphor - i.e., the perspective that institutions inhabit actors - may prove generative for theory, particularly with respect to recent discussions about the microfoundations of institutions. We outline how communication and actorhood models function as transmission mechanisms of institutions from one actor to another. We conclude with a discussion of how the inverted metaphor of institutions inhabiting actors can be useful for future theoretical developments.

Keywords: actorhood models; institutional embeddedness; institutions; metaphors; social actors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-01-31
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Published in Journal of Management Studies, In press, 57 (4), pp.885 - 897. ⟨10.1111/joms.12560⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/joms.12560

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