Institutional theory | Old institutional theory | Neo-institutional theory [Game of Theories: #15]

[Game of Theories: #15] Institutional theory is a theory to explain organizational behavior as a product of social process. To respond to external pressures, organizations rely on the social process, in which structures, rules, norms, and routines become established as authoritative guidelines of organizational behavior. Institutional theory emphasizes conformity and legitimacy. One of the main arguments in institutional theory is that all organizations in the same field become the same over time. According to institutional theory, the impact of leaders can be very limited. Leaders and administrators come and go, but organizations remain the same. When you hear people say, “We do it because others have already done it or are doing it,” you can explain it by applying institutional theory. Organizations looks to their peers for cues for appropriate behavior, rather than focusing on optimizing policies, rules, structures, practices to serve the interest of its organizational members. There are six key constructs of institutional theory: infusion of value, diffusion, rational myths, loose coupling, legitimacy, and isomorphism (coercive isomorphism, normative isomorphism, and mimetic isomorphism). As you read literature, you may run into another term “neo-institutional theory.” Some scholars differentiate between “old” and “new” institutional theory. Old institutional theory refers to detailed qualitative case studies of organizations by organizational sociologists between the 1940s and 1960s. Since the 1970s, the publication of two journal articles marked the start of neo-institutional theory. One was a 1977 article titled “Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony” published in American Journal of Sociology. The other article was titled “The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields” published in American Sociological Review in 1983. Neo-institutional theory captures a conceptual shift toward a view of institutions as collective cognitions, which over time, constrain organizational behavior. #theoreticalframework #Institutionaltheory #Isomorphism Book: Demystify Theories: A Workbook for Developing Theoretical Frameworks of Educational Leadership Research: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/173... Game of Theories playlist:    • Game of theories: Explore theories of mana...   00:00 Introduction 01:22 Define institution 03:33 Infusion of value 04:42 Rational myths 05:38 Loose coupling 06:27 Legitimacy 06:59 Isomorphism 07:51 Coercive isomorphism 08:38 Normative isomorphism 10:18 Mimetic isomorphism 11:17 Old institutional theory 12:15 Neo-institutional theory 14:19 Critique of institutional theory 16:20 Application of institutional theory Email: [email protected]