Hybridity and power in the microfoundations of professional work
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Author(s)
Malhotra, Namrata
Reay, Trish
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In this chapter the authors focus on the role of power associated with microfoundations of organizational hybridity. They develop a framework that illuminates how key sources of power based on Buchanan and Badham (2008) and French and Raven (1959) manifest at the level of everyday work practices. Using this framework, they draw on existing studies concerning hybridity in professional organizations to illustrate how different forms of power come into play when actors guided by different logics engage in day-to-day professional work. Overall, the authors suggest that more attention to how micro-level actors use different forms of power to support, hamper, or alter different mechanisms to manage tensions among competing logics in everyday work is critical to improving our understanding about the microfoundations of institutionalism.
Date Issued
2019-11-25
Date Acceptance
2019-03-22
Citation
Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 2019, 65B, pp.241-255
ISSN
0733-558X
Publisher
Emerald
Start Page
241
End Page
255
Journal / Book Title
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Volume
65B
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited
Subjects
1503 Business and Management
1608 Sociology
Business & Management
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-11-25