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Managing the Rivalry of Competing Institutional Logics

University of Alberta School of Business, Canada, trish.reay{at}ualberta.ca

C.R. Hinings

University of Alberta School of Business, Canada, chinings{at}ualberta.ca

We investigated an organizational field where competing institutional logics existed for a lengthy period of time. We identified four mechanisms for managing the rivalry of competing logics that facilitated and strengthened the separate identities of key actors, thus providing a way for competing logics to co-exist and separately guide the behaviour of different actors. We contribute to the institutional literature by showing that competing logics can co-exist and rivalry between logics can be managed through the development of collaborative relationships.

Key Words: institutional logics • institutional change • collaboration

Organization Studies, Vol. 30, No. 6, 629-652 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609104803


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