This article develops a model of practice-driven institutional change—or change that
originates in the everyday work of individuals but results in a shift in field-level logic. In …

Drawing on a yearlong ethnographic study of reinsurance trading in Lloyd’s of London, this
paper makes three contributions to current discussions of institutional complexity. First, we …

Based on a 24-month ethnographic case study of the opening of the first Islamic bank in
Germany, we make three contributions to the institutional theory literature. First, we outline “…

This article develops a relational model of institutional work and complexity. This model
advances current institutional debates on institutional complexity and institutional work in three …

This paper addresses the dearth of research into material artifacts and how they are engaged
in strategizing activities. Building on the strategy-as-practice perspective, and the notion of …

In this paper, we empirically examine how professional service firms are adapting their
promotion and career models to new market and institutional pressures, without losing the …

Recent years have seen an increasing mutual engagement between institutional and
strategy-as-practice scholars who realize that they can learn from each other to address critical …

This paper develops a practice approach to institutional ambidexterity. In doing so, it first
explores the ‘promise’ of institutional ambidexterity as a concept to address shortcomings with …

In this paper, we start a new conversation about how career paths affect innovation capacity
in professional service firms (PSFs) that face escalating pressures from clients to deliver …

This paper advances understanding of the coordination of interdependence between multiple
intersecting routines and its influence on the balancing of coexisting ostensive patterns. …