Session Summary

Session Number:194
Session ID:S59
Session Title:Processes of Institutional Change in Organizations (Institutions)
Short Title:S: Institutional Change (I)
Session Type:Showcase Symposium
Hotel:Hyatt West
Floor:LL2
Room:Regency Ball D(N)
Time:Tuesday, August 10, 1999 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Sponsors

ODC  (Rami Shani)ashani@calpoly.edu (805) 756-1756 
OMT  (Joseph Porac)j-porac@staff.uiuc.edu (217) 244-7969 
BPS  (Ming-Jer Chen)BPS99@wharton.upenn.edu (215) 898-0018 

General People

Organizer Sine, Wesley David Cornell U. Wds4@cornell.edu 607-255-6187 
Organizer Tolbert, Pamela S. Cornell U. pst3@cornell.edu (607) 255-9527 
Discussant Leblebici, Huseyin  U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign hleblebi@cba.uiuc.edu (217)-333-4512 

Submissions

The Role of Professional Associations in the Transformation of Institutionalised Fields 
 Hinings, C. R. U. of Alberta chinings@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca 403-492-2801 
 Greenwood, Royston  U. of Alberta rgreenwood@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca 1 403 492 2361 
The De(RE)structuration of Organizational Fields 
 Scott, W. Richard Stanford U. scottwr@leland.stanford.edu (650) 723-3959 
 Mendel, Peter J. Stanford U. pmendel@leland.stanford.edu (650) 723-3854 
 Ruef, Martin  Stanford U. paradigm@leland.stanford.edu 415-462-1720 
 Caronna, Carol A. Stanford U. caronna@stanford.edu (650) -723-3854 
Occupations vs. Organizations: Use of Part-Time Faculty in Colleges and Universities 
 Tolbert, Pamela S. Cornell U. pst3@cornell.edu (607) 255-9527 
 Sine, Wesley David Cornell U. Wds4@cornell.edu 607-255-6187 
Institutional Change: The Sources of New Models and Forums in U.S. Colleges and Universities 
 Ventresca, Marc  Northwestern U. m-ventresca@nwu.edu 847-467-4030 
 Kraatz, Mathew  U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign mkraatz@uiuc.edu (217)-333-7994 
 Washington, Marvin  Northwestern U. mwa246@nwu.edu (847)-491-8307 

Abstract

In recent years, many if not most industries and nations have been affected by extensive, and sometimes dramatic institutional changes. Examples include privatization of companies and industries in Eastern Europe, deregulation of power and communication industries in the United States, and major changes in healthcare, education and accounting organizations in many Western countries. Institutional theorists have examined the diffusion and maintenance of new institutional arrangements in organizations, but have largely neglected questions concerning how existing arrangements become dismantled, and what factors affect the acceptance or rejection of alternative institutions. The purpose of this symposium is to investigate such questions, focusing on the processes of institutional change in organizations, and the roles played by key institutional actors, such as professions, consultants, and state agencies, in shaping, facilitating or resisting change. The four papers included in the session address these issues in theoretical and empirical analyses of recent institutional changes that have reshaped North American organizations in three professional fields, healthcare, accounting, and higher education.