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Institutional theory

the development and spread of abstract categories and cause-and-effect accounts that explain why a practice works, which speeds its diffusion across adopters.

In institutional theory, theorization refers to the development and spread of abstract categories and cause-and-effect accounts that explain why a practice works, which speeds its diffusion across adopters. This meaning comes from Strang (1993) in Theory and Society.[1]

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accounts1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct development1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct diffusion6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Strang, D., & Meyer, J. W. (1993). Institutional conditions for diffusion. Theory and Society, 22(4), 487-511. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00993595

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