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Bento da Silva, Jose, Quattrone, Paolo and Llewellyn, Nick (2022) Turning to mystery in institutional theory : the Jesuit spiritual exercises. Organization Studies, 43 (9). pp. 1379-1400. doi:10.1177/01708406221081622 ISSN 0170-8406.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406221081622
Abstract
Previous researchers have argued that material objects reproduce institutional logics on the basis of their durability, immutability and mobility. In this paper we analyze material objects that secure logics not because they reveal meanings and significations, but because they allow individuals and groups to confront the mystery of institutional values. Drawing on extensive historical sources, we analyze a small material object, a book entitled The Spiritual Exercises, and investigate the institutionalization of a practice for discovering what cannot be rendered material, the ineffable mystery of God’s will. We argue that religious logics require objects that present, rather than resolve, the mystery of institutional values. We extend the literature on institutional logics by considering how mystery enables institutions and their logics to embrace difference, adapt and endure for centuries.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Spiritual exercises , Ignatius -- of Loyola, Saint -- 1491-1556 -- Exercitia spiritualia, Social institutions, Organizational sociology, Logic, Jesuits -- Spiritual life | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Organization Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0170-8406 | ||||||||
Official Date: | September 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 43 | ||||||||
Number: | 9 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1379-1400 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/01708406221081622 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. Bento da Silva, Jose, Quattrone, Paolo and Llewellyn, Nick (2022) Turning to mystery in institutional theory : the Jesuit spiritual exercises. Organization Studies . (In Press) Copyright © [year] (Copyright Holder). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406221081622 Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 February 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 February 2022 | ||||||||
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