From Evangelism to General Service: The Transformation of the YMCA

Zald, Mayer N.; Denton, Patricia

doi:10.2307/2390900

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“…As Clemens and Cook (1999: 448) point out: 'If followed, an exclusively 'must' set of institutional rules would maximize accurate reproduction; a set of 'must not' rules would function as Hobbes' hedges, predicting only the boundaries of what is doable; and a thoroughly 'may' set would minimize the institutional determination of social action promoting mutation and innovation.' In other words, whereas 'must' and 'must not' set of institutional rules is expected to be closely followed, a 'may' set provides organizations with some discretion in how they might conform (Goodrick and Salancik, 1996;McPherson and Sauder, 2013;Zald and Denton, 1963). …”

Section: Logic Incompatibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Deconstructing complexity: Configurations of institutional complexity and structural hybridity

Raynard

2016

Strategic Organization

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This article unpacks the notion of institutional complexity and highlights the distinct sets of challenges confronting hybrid structural arrangements. The framework identifies three factors that contribute to the experience of complexity—namely, the extent to which the prescriptive demands of logics are incompatible, whether there is a settled or widely accepted prioritization of logics within the field, and the degree to which the jurisdictions of the logics overlap. The central thesis is that these “components” of complexity variously combine to produce four distinct institutional landscapes, each with differing implications for the challenges organizations face and for how they might respond. The article explores the situational relevance of an array of hybridizing responses and discusses their implications for organizational legitimacy and performance. It concludes by specifying the boundary conditions of the framework and highlighting fruitful directions for future scholarship.

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Section: Logic Incompatibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Deconstructing complexity: Configurations of institutional complexity and structural hybridity

Raynard

2016

Strategic Organization

136

141

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“…The notion that organizations have symbolic aspects was not entirely novel: a variety of authors had previously underscored key symbolic functions served by mission statements, structural arrangements, and top-level members of organizations (Clark 1956;Selznick 1957;Zald and Denton 1963). In the functionalist tradition, such elements were argued to be critical to securing environmental support through demonstration of the consistency between core values of the organization and those in the larger society (Parsons 1956;1960).…”

Section: Symbolic Properties Of Structurementioning

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The Institutionalization of Institutional Theory

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Studying Organization: Theory &Amp; Method

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“…Organizational learning research, for example, underscores the distinction between action that is based solely on one's own experience and action that results from searching a broader environment for legitimate alternatives (Zald and Denton 1963, Cyert and March 1963, March et al 1991, Gavetti and Levinthal 2000, Kim and Miner 2007. The wisdom of experience can narrow the perceived range of options organizations might pursue or even discount efficacious ones that lead to longer term rewards or organizational survival as a result of past failures (Gavetti and Levinthal 2000).…”

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Moving from an Exception to a Rule: Analyzing Mechanisms in Emergence-Based Institutionalization

Colyvas

Maroulis

2015

Organization Science

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W e analyze the conditions under which a practice moves from rare and unacceptable to preponderant and legitimate through bottom-up, relational processes. To better understand the mechanisms and contingencies of such "emergencebased institutionalization," we combine computational agent-based modeling with insights from a setting where a seemingly deviant local practice became institutionalized: the case of the emergence of proprietary disclosure in the academic life sciences. Our approach results in both theoretical and methodological contributions. From a theoretical perspective, we develop propositions related to microlevel processes that lead to the institutionalization of new rules or those that leave existing arrangements unchanged. Our analysis suggests that traditional social explanations, such as organizational reproduction and copying successful peers, are less likely to drive emergence-based institutionalization than cognitive factors that direct individuals to anticipate and preempt the actions of others. From a methodological perspective, we provide an example of how case analysis and computational modeling can be combined to study the varying and contingent roles that normative, social, and cognitive factors play in persistence and change in institutionalization.

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From Evangelism to General Service: The Transformation of the YMCA

Cited by 151 publications

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Deconstructing complexity: Configurations of institutional complexity and structural hybridity

Deconstructing complexity: Configurations of institutional complexity and structural hybridity

The Institutionalization of Institutional Theory

Moving from an Exception to a Rule: Analyzing Mechanisms in Emergence-Based Institutionalization

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