Governance of Institutions: Logics and Orders as Phenomena

To understand institutional logics as complex, dynamic phenomena, we propose a research agenda that focuses on studying the governance dynamics of logics. This focus could be especially timely for both theoretical and empirical reasons. Theoretically, instead of assuming institutional logics as relatively stable and unchanging influences on organizations and fields, a focus on governance will redirect our attention toward an underexamined theme of how various actors may (or may fail to) maintain the coherence and durability of logics and their associated orders. Empirically, the market’s encroachment upon communities, the decline and stigmatization of professions, and the rise and fall of states in different parts of the world, among other grand challenges, all point to the importance and urgency of studying how different institutional logics and orders may be governed and maintained—especially during societal crises. This symposium aims at developing this research agenda by exploring the governance practices and mechanisms that sustain institutional logics as ongoing efforts as well as the various actors who are motivated or affected by the unfolding of logics. Cross-institutional Governance: Logics, Orders, and Society Presenter: Juan Almandoz; IESE Business School Presenter: Patricia H. Thornton; Texas A&M U. and HEC, Paris The Crisis of Governance in the Professions and Its Impact on Other Institutional Logics Presenter: Brooke Harrington; Copenhagen Business School Sustaining Values in Inter-Organizational Partnerships: The Case of Local Food Hubs Presenter: Marya Besharov; Oxford U., Saïd Business School Presenter: Bjoern C. Mitzinneck; Groningen U. (RuG) How Revolutions Detach Institutional Carriers from Governing Logics: Insights from the Arab Spring Presenter: Daniel Erian Armanios; Oxford U., Saïd Business School Presenter: Amr Adly; American U. of Cairo Refugees at the Door: Institutional Logics and New Venture Performance in a Changing Emerging Market Presenter: Shon R. Hiatt; U. of Southern California Presenter: Ryan Scott Coles; U. of Connecticut Presenter: Wesley Sine; Cornell U.