... implications The study suggested that employing a persuasive approach may be more effective in driving organizational change than relying on regulatory mandates. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature by applying Institutional Theory to explain how three forces shape the implementation...

... tenures among DOs in high-sentiment firms indicate that many appointments may be symbolic rather than substantive. Originality/value By integrating Institutional Theory, Legitimacy Theory, Stakeholder Theory and Upper Echelons Theory, we explain how sociopolitical pressures translate...

.../approach Relying on exploratory qualitative approach based on 41 semi-structured interviews with female medical doctors in Nigeria and informed by institutional theory (IT), this study explores how patriarchal institutions create, maintain and transmit male dominance, exploitation and inequality...

... of the institutional theory to explain how the process of normative isomorphism continues to reproduce female underrepresentation in those organizations. Design/methodology/approach Based on an exploratory interpretive approach, this study consisted of 16 in-depth interviews with female project managers from...

...Christina Evans Purpose – Set against a background of numerous institutionally funded programmes with a focus on gender mainstreaming, the purpose of this paper is to draw on institutional theory as an alternative lens to explain why such programmes often fail to achieve the desired outcomes...