...Kassa Woldesenbet Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how senior managers in a transitional economy context deal with the challenge of handling competing institutional logics through legitimacy work. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on the qualitative analysis of semi...

... and firm populations (at the industry and field levels). Transition economies SMEs Institutional logics Institutional complexity Strategic behaviour Changes in organizations’ strategic orientation in response to institutional changes have been the subject of study in strategy...