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David defeating Goliath : institutional work of a marginalized actor within institutional complexity
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Baba, Sofiane and Sasaki, Innan (2016) David defeating Goliath : institutional work of a marginalized actor within institutional complexity. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Published in: Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016 (1). p. 14609. doi:10.5465/ambpp.2016.63 ISSN 0065-0668.
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Abstract
The purpose of our study is to answer the following research question: how can marginal actors with limited resources and power achieve institutional change by creating and promoting their logic? Drawing on a historical-longitudinal case study of one of the most intense environmental controversy between an Indigenous Nation, and Hydro-Québec, in James Bay, northern Quebec, this paper makes three contributions to current discussions of institutional change and logics. First, we identify three strategic mechanisms - capacity-building, field expansion and changing own logic - through which marginalized actors are able to initiate and maintain the need for change despite continuous pressure from a strong, resourceful and legitimate competing logic. Second, responding to several calls for research on the unintended outcomes of the institutional work achieved, our research advances the conceptualization of institutional work accumulation. Third, our study shows that actors and the logics they convey are not static; rather, they are dynamic and evolve during the process while actors negotiate issues of competing logics and complexity.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Academy of Management Proceedings | ||||
Publisher: | Academy of Management | ||||
ISSN: | 0065-0668 | ||||
Official Date: | 1 January 2016 | ||||
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Volume: | 2016 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Page Range: | p. 14609 | ||||
DOI: | 10.5465/ambpp.2016.63 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | Academy of Management Annual Meeting | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
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