Prelims
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Joel Gehman, Michael Lounsbury, Royston Greenwood, 2016. "Prelims", How Institutions Matter!
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HOW INSTITUTIONS MATTER!
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RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS
Series Editor: Michael Lounsbury
Recent Volumes:
| Volume 36: | The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice – Looking Forward at Forty |
| Volume 37: | Managing ‘Human Resources’ by Exploiting and Exploring People’s Potentials |
| Volume 38: | Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research |
| Volume 39A: | Institutional Logics in Action, Part A |
| Volume 39B: | Institutional Logics in Action, Part B |
| Volume 40: | Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks |
| Volume 41: | Religion and Organization Theory |
| Volume 42: | Organizational Transformation and Scientific Change: The Impact of Institutional Restructuring on Universities and Intellectual Innovation |
| Volume 43: | Elites on Trial |
| Volume 44: | Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick’s Legacy for Organizational Studies |
| Volume 45: | Towards a Comparative Institutionalism: Forms, Dynamics and Logics across the Organizational Fields of Health and Higher Education |
| Volume 46: | The University Under Pressure |
| Volume 47: | The Structuring of Work in Organizations |
| Volume 36: | The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice – Looking Forward at Forty |
| Volume 37: | Managing ‘Human Resources’ by Exploiting and Exploring People’s Potentials |
| Volume 38: | Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research |
| Volume 39A: | Institutional Logics in Action, Part A |
| Volume 39B: | Institutional Logics in Action, Part B |
| Volume 40: | Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks |
| Volume 41: | Religion and Organization Theory |
| Volume 42: | Organizational Transformation and Scientific Change: The Impact of Institutional Restructuring on Universities and Intellectual Innovation |
| Volume 43: | Elites on Trial |
| Volume 44: | Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick’s Legacy for Organizational Studies |
| Volume 45: | Towards a Comparative Institutionalism: Forms, Dynamics and Logics across the Organizational Fields of Health and Higher Education |
| Volume 46: | The University Under Pressure |
| Volume 47: | The Structuring of Work in Organizations |
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RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS VOLUME 48A
HOW INSTITUTIONS MATTER!
EDITED BY
JOEL GEHMAN
University of Alberta, Canada
MICHAEL LOUNSBURY
University of Alberta, Canada
ROYSTON GREENWOOD
University of Alberta, Canada

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List of Contributors
| Michelle Arthur | Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
| Marco Clemente | SKK Graduate School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea |
| Jeannette A. Colyvas | School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA |
| Giuseppe Delmestri | Institute for Change Management and Management Development, Department of Management, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria |
| Gili S. Drori | Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
| Nathanael J. Fast | Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Joel Gehman | Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| Vern L. Glaser | Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| Mary Ann Glynn | Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA |
| Elizabeth Goodrick | College of Business, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA |
| Sandy E. Green, Jr. | College of Business and Economics, California State University Northridge, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Royston Greenwood | Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| Robin Gustafsson | Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland |
| Derek J. Harmon | Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
| Stefan Jonsson | Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden |
| Allen K. Kim | Department of Computer Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA |
| Debbie H. Kim | School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA |
| Thomas B. Lawrence | Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK |
| Christi Lockwood | Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA |
| Michael Lounsbury | Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| Renate E. Meyer | WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria; and Copenhagen School of Business, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| William Ocasio | Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA |
| M. Paola Ometto | Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| Karen D. W. Patterson | Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
| Briana Preminger | Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France |
| Jill M. Purdy | Milgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, USA |
| Chris Rowell | Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland |
| Jean-François Soublière | Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| Tracy A. Thompson | Milgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, USA |
| Marvin Washington | Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| Tammar B. Zilber | Jerusalem School of Business, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
| Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA | |
| SKK Graduate School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea | |
| School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA | |
| Institute for Change Management and Management Development, Department of Management, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria | |
| Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel | |
| Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada | |
| Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada | |
| Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA | |
| College of Business, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA | |
| College of Business and Economics, California State University Northridge, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada | |
| Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA | |
| Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden | |
| Department of Computer Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA | |
| School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA | |
| Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK | |
| Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA | |
| Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada | |
| WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria; and Copenhagen School of Business, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA | |
| Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada | |
| Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA | |
| Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France | |
| Milgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, USA | |
| Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada | |
| Milgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, USA | |
| Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada | |
| Jerusalem School of Business, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
Editorial Advisory Board
SERIES EDITOR
Michael Lounsbury Professor of Strategic Management & Organization, Canada Research Chair in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of Alberta School of Business, Alberta, Canada
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Howard E. Aldrich
University of North Carolina, USA
Christine Beckman
University of Maryland, USA
Jeannette Colyvas
Northwestern University, USA
Barbara Czarniawska
Göteborg University, Sweden
Gerald F. Davis
University of Michigan, USA
Marie-Laure Djelic
ESSEC Business School, France
Frank R. Dobbin
Harvard University, USA
Royston Greenwood
University of Alberta, Canada
Mauro Guillen
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Paul M. Hirsch
Northwestern University, USA
Candace Jones
University of Edinburgh, UK
Brayden King
Northwestern University, USA
Ann Langley
HEC Montreal, Canada
Renate Meyer
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
Mark Mizruchi
University of Michigan, USA
Nelson Phillips
Imperial College London, UK
Walter W. Powell
Stanford University, USA
Marc Schneiberg
Reed College, USA
W. Richard Scott
Stanford University, USA
Sarah Soule
Stanford University, USA
Haridimos Tsoukas
ALBA, Greece
Eero Vaara
Aalto, Finland
