Institutions and Institutional Work

Ins titutional approaches to organizat ion studies focus attention on the relat ionships among organi­ zat ions and the fields in which they oper ate, high­ lighting in particular the role of rational formal structures in enabling and cons training organiza­ tional behaviour. A key contr ibution of institutional studies has been the develo pmen t of strong accounts of the processes through which institu­ tions govern act ion. This has been accomplished in part thr ough theo retical state ments which have delineated key sets of