Lists of Figures and Tables ix List of...

Lists of Figures and Tables	ix
List of Contributors	xi
About the Contributors	xv
SECTION 1 PROLOGUE
What are Microfoundations? Why and How to Study Them? Pamela S. Tolbert and Lynne G. Zucker	3
SECTION 2 INTRODUCTION
Microfoundations and Multi-level Research on Institutions Patrick Haack, Jost Sieweke and Lauri Wessel	11
SECTION 3 COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE ON MICROFOUNDATIONS Chapters in this section are related to the cognitive perspective on microfoundations of institutions. This perspective applies a broad understanding of cognition and thus also covers the emotional underpinnings of institutions. Therefore, chapters in this section investigate how thought structures and emotions contribute to institutional change and maintenance.
Chapter 1 Toward a Multi-level Theory of Institutional Contestation: Exploring Category Legitimation Across Domains of Institutional Action Alex Bitektine and Robert Nason	43
Chapter 2 When Do Market Intermediaries Sanction Categorical Deviation? The Role of Expertise, Identity, and Competition Romain Boulongne, Arnaud Cudennec and Rodolphe Durand	67
Chapter 3 “The HR Generalist Is Dead”: A Phenomenological Perspective on Decoupling Julia Brandl, Jochen Dreher and Anna Schneider	85
Chapter 4 Why Do Individuals Perceive and Respond to the Same Institutional Demands Differently? On the Cognitive Structural Underpinnings of Institutional Complexity Magdalena Cholakova and Davide Ravasi	99
Chapter 5 The Generativity of Collective Identity: Identity Movements as Mechanisms for New Institutions Mary Ann Glynn and Benjamin D. Innis	119
Chapter 6 Embodied and Reflexive Agency in Institutional Fields: An Integrative Neo-Institutional Perspective of Institutional Change Jan Goldenstein and Peter Walgenbach	135
Chapter 7 How Do Institutions Take Root at the Individual Level? Osnat Hazan and Tammar B. Zilber	153
Chapter 8 Sensegiving and Sensemaking of Highly Disruptive Issues: Animal Rights Experienced through PETA YouTube Videos Yanfei Hu and Claus Rerup	177
Chapter 9 Connecting the Tree to the Rainforest: Examining the Microfoundations of Institutions with Cultural Consensus Theory Joshua Keller	197
Chapter 10 Specifying the “What” and Separating the “How”: Doings, Sayings, Codes, and Artifacts as the Building Blocks of Institutions Omar Lizardo	217
Chapter 11 Identity within the Microfoundations of Institutions: A Historical Review Anna E. Roberts	235
Chapter 12 Microfoundations of Institutional Change in the Career Structure of UK Elite Law Firms Thomas J. Roulet, Lionel Paolella, Claudia Gabbioneta and Daniel Muzio	251
Chapter 13 Bases of Conformity and Institutional Theory: Understanding Organizational Decision-making Pamela S. Tolbert and Tiffany Darabi	269
Index	291

Lists of Figures and Tables	ix
List of Contributors	xi
About the Contributors	xv
SECTION 1PROLOGUE
What are Microfoundations? Why and How to Study Them?Pamela S. Tolbert and Lynne G. Zucker	3
SECTION 2INTRODUCTION
Microfoundations and Multi-level Research on InstitutionsPatrick Haack, Jost Sieweke and Lauri Wessel	11
SECTION 3COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE ON MICROFOUNDATIONSChapters in this section are related to the cognitive perspective on microfoundations of institutions. This perspective applies a broad understanding of cognition and thus also covers the emotional underpinnings of institutions. Therefore, chapters in this section investigate how thought structures and emotions contribute to institutional change and maintenance.
Chapter 1 Toward a Multi-level Theory of Institutional Contestation: Exploring Category Legitimation Across Domains of Institutional ActionAlex Bitektine and Robert Nason	43
Chapter 2 When Do Market Intermediaries Sanction Categorical Deviation? The Role of Expertise, Identity, and CompetitionRomain Boulongne, Arnaud Cudennec and Rodolphe Durand	67
Chapter 3 “The HR Generalist Is Dead”: A Phenomenological Perspective on DecouplingJulia Brandl, Jochen Dreher and Anna Schneider	85
Chapter 4 Why Do Individuals Perceive and Respond to the Same Institutional Demands Differently? On the Cognitive Structural Underpinnings of Institutional ComplexityMagdalena Cholakova and Davide Ravasi	99
Chapter 5 The Generativity of Collective Identity: Identity Movements as Mechanisms for New InstitutionsMary Ann Glynn and Benjamin D. Innis	119
Chapter 6 Embodied and Reflexive Agency in Institutional Fields: An Integrative Neo-Institutional Perspective of Institutional ChangeJan Goldenstein and Peter Walgenbach	135
Chapter 7 How Do Institutions Take Root at the Individual Level?Osnat Hazan and Tammar B. Zilber	153
Chapter 8 Sensegiving and Sensemaking of Highly Disruptive Issues: Animal Rights Experienced through PETA YouTube VideosYanfei Hu and Claus Rerup	177
Chapter 9 Connecting the Tree to the Rainforest: Examining the Microfoundations of Institutions with Cultural Consensus TheoryJoshua Keller	197
Chapter 10 Specifying the “What” and Separating the “How”: Doings, Sayings, Codes, and Artifacts as the Building Blocks of InstitutionsOmar Lizardo	217
Chapter 11 Identity within the Microfoundations of Institutions: A Historical ReviewAnna E. Roberts	235
Chapter 12 Microfoundations of Institutional Change in the Career Structure of UK Elite Law FirmsThomas J. Roulet, Lionel Paolella, Claudia Gabbioneta and Daniel Muzio	251
Chapter 13 Bases of Conformity and Institutional Theory: Understanding Organizational Decision-makingPamela S. Tolbert and Tiffany Darabi	269
Index	291

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