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Institutionalization and Structuration: Studying the Links between Action and Institution
Stephen R. Barley
Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, U.S.A.
Pamela S. Tolbert
School of Industrial and Labour Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A.
Institutional theory and structuration theory both contend that institutions and actions are inextricably linked and that institutionalization is best understood as a dynamic, ongoing process. Institutionalists, however, have pursued an empirical agenda that has largely ignored how institutions are created, altered, and reproduced, in part, because their models of institutionalization as a pro cess are underdeveloped. Structuration theory, on the other hand, largely remains a process theory of such abstraction that it has generated few empirical studies. This paper discusses the similarities between the two theories, develops an argument for why a fusion of the two would enable institutional theory to significantly advance, develops a model of institutionalization as a structuration process, and proposes methodological guidelines for investigating the process empirically.
Key Words: Descriptors: structuration • institutionalization • organizational change • social action • methodology • longitudinal analysis
Organization Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1,
93-117 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800106
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