scholarly journals Father’s Use of Parental Leave in Organizations with Different Institutional Logics

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaagan-Moen ◽  
Kvande ◽  
Nordli
Keyword(s):  
Parental Leave ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Finance Industry ◽  
Male Dominated

Although the use of the father’s quota of parental leave has become a majority practice among Norwegian fathers, there is some variation between different groups of fathers. This article explores how male managers in the engineering industry and male brokers in the finance industry use the father’s quota. Based on the theoretical framework of institutional logics, the article uses two pairs of opposite concepts-‘available and unavailable’ and ‘replaceable and irreplaceable’ in a work context, to focus on how the use of the father’s quota is affected. Analyzing two different male-dominated organizations, the findings show how the use of the father’s quota depends on different institutional logics, which sets the framework for the practice and culture of the two organizations. The male managers in the engineering industry become unavailable and replaceable in their organizations, thus making it possible for the fathers to use the father’s quota and parental leave. In contrast to this, the institutional logic in the finance industry makes brokers available and irreplaceable in their organizations, thus making it difficult for them to use father’s quota or parental leave

scholarly journals Do Digital Systems and Concepts in Modern Public Service Production Have a Negative Impact on Citizens as End-users?

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Storm Pedersen ◽  
Jacob Dahl Rendtorff
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
End Users ◽  
Digital Systems ◽  
Digital Logic ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
Service Production

Do digital systems and concepts in modern public service production have a negative impact on citizens as end-users? To answer this research question, we shall first present our theoretical framework ‘the institutional logics perspective’ and show how we deploy this on modern public service production. Second, we claim that digital systems and concepts develop a new institutional logic within modern public service production: the ‘digital logic’. Third, we analyze and discuss the new logic´s possible impact on citizens as end-users. Fourth, we discuss the ethical dimensions of values and ethics in relation to public service production and digitizing.

Negotiating Parental Leave and Working Life

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-168
Author(s):  
Berit Brandth ◽  
Elin Kvande
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Personal Agency ◽  
Work Organizations ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Male Dominated ◽  
Special Rights

The development of parental leave policies was the most important area of expansion for the Norwegian welfare state in the 1990s. Schemes were extended, and special rights were granted to fathers. This chapter shows how fathers in various male-dominated work organizations relate to the obligation to take leave at a time when the father’s quota was in its infancy. It underscores the importance of work context as well as personal agency and perceptions. Four different leave practices are described, and they show variations in how seriously the fathers and their work organizations relate to the new policy, and how they adapt to it. Some opposition is demonstrated, but there are clear indications that something is set in motion by the introduction of the father’s quota.

scholarly journals La logique institutionnelle d’appropriation du concept ThinkPad university : le cas des écoles et facultés de gestion québécoises

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-79
Author(s):  
Patrick Pelletier
Keyword(s):  
Business Schools ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
Organizational Field ◽  
Organizational Mission ◽  
Pedagogical Expertise ◽  
Institutional Prestige ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Level Analysis

This study examines the process by which a change in institutional logic of a organizational field is initiated. More specifically, we are concerned with how the IBM Thinkpad University concept affects various business schools in the province of Quebec. The theoretical framework departs from new-institutional theories. We propose a multi-level analysis: institutional, organizational and operational. The finding examines the process by which organizations retain, adopt and discard practices and illustrates the influence of institutional prestige, organizational mission, autonomy and pedagogical expertise. We show that the source of the institutional logic of appropriation is a quest for reputation.

scholarly journals Bringing the Family Logic in: From Duality to Plurality in Social Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreana Drencheva ◽  
Wee Chan Au
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
The Family ◽  
Source Case ◽  
Conflicting Goals ◽  
Ethical Obligations

AbstractSocial enterprises combine activities, processes, structures, and meanings associated with multiple institutional logics that may pose conflicting goals, norms, values, and practices. This in-depth multi-source case study of an ecological social enterprise in Malaysia reveals how the enactment of the family logic interacts with the market and ecological logics not only in conflicting but also in synergetic ways. By drawing attention to the institutional logic of the family in social entrepreneurship, this study highlights the heterogeneity of social enterprises. The findings have implications for research with social enterprises and family-owned firms in relation to the ethical obligations of these organizations and the interactions of multiple logics.

scholarly journals An evaluation of a psychosocial stress and coping model in the police work context

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerrit J. Louw ◽  
Adriaan Viviers
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Police Work ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Coping Model ◽  
And Coping

Orientation: Stress is a social reality which does not exist in isolation, but in many social situations, especially work-related environments. Police officers in particular suffer from highly negative stress related outcomes.Research purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine how Moos's hypothesised stress and coping model (1994) fitted a sample of police officers.Motivation for the study: The study was an attempt to understand police officers' unique needs and how the frequency and/or intensity of perceived stress could be reduced so that they would be able to cope more effectively with stress.Research design, approach and method: A non-experimental survey design, following the quantitative tradition, was used in pursuit of the research objectives. A random sample of 505 participants was extracted from a population of serving male and female police officers reflecting the typical South African ethnic groups. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to establish the adequacy of between the hypothesised Moos model and the sample.Main findings: The hypothesised theoretical framework was disproved. A respecified model and inter-correlations confirm that some officers experience burnout, while, paradoxically, others continue to be unaffected because of the buffering effect of social support, personality factors and other resilience factors not revealed in this study.Practical/managerial implications: The study calls on police management for awareness of the negative health consequences of prolonged stressors. Simultaneously, employee assistance programmes could be directed to problem-solving strategies, perceived self-efficacy and learned resourcefulness to improve control over prolonged negative stress consequences among members.Contribution/value-add: This research provides a theoretical framework to understand, describe and assess individual well-being in the police work context.

scholarly journals Managers’ views on employees’ parental leave: Problems and solutions within different institutional logics

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja H Nordberg
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Central Values ◽  
Problems And Solutions

An examination of managers’ perspectives on employees’ parental leave rights is presented, drawing on qualitative interviews with 34 managers in the Norwegian police and in the legal profession. The aim of the article is to explore how managers approach employees’ parental leave within different institutional logics and how their approach relates to gendered norms of good parenthood. According to these norms, parental leave is used fully, but mothers take the main share of the leave. The findings show that the managers do not necessarily perceive parental leave as a problem. However, the practical solutions the managers propose to possible challenges give important clues about what parental leave entails within the frame of different institutional logics. The managers’ concerns reveal that parental leave rights may clash with central values, goals and strategies in an organisation. Within the logics of the police and private law firms, work is more individualised and thus perceived as more challenging than in the public sector law offices. When the solution suggested by the managers is for individual employees to adapt their leave, gendered norms come forward. However, the analysis also shows that gendered parenthood norms play out differently with the different institutional logics. With these insights, the analysis shows how policy regulations and local workplace contexts interact in shaping the consequences of family policies for gender equality in wages and career progression

The Market Inscribed Landscape: An Institutional Logic of Food Deserts

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 344-368
Author(s):  
Jarrett Thibodeaux
Keyword(s):  
Neighborhood Effects ◽  
Economically Disadvantaged ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Grocery Industry ◽  
Location Data ◽  
Store Location

Focusing on the institutional logics of the grocery industry, this paper argues that the “neighborhood effects” of a lack of resources provided by organizations to economically disadvantaged areas are moderated by institutional logics. From the 1930s to early 1970s, the grocery industry had a logic of “economies of scale.” A new “mix–margin” logic developed after the mid–1970s: using low margins on high–demand items to gain foot traffic needed to sell high–margin items. Using company–specific store location data (from 1970 to 1983), this paper analyzes whether differences in company philosophy affect their presence in economically disadvantaged zip codes. Results show that supermarkets were less likely to locate in economically disadvantaged zip codes when operating under a mix–margin philosophy. These results indicate a shift to a “mix–margin” institutional logic corresponded with an exodus from economically disadvantaged areas by the grocery industry after the mid–1970s.

scholarly journals Change and institutional logic: overview and proposal of analysis of different institutionalist approaches

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayla Cristina Costa ◽  
Cristiane Marques de Mello
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Rational Point ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
Sociological Institutionalism ◽  
The Past ◽  
Or Organization

During the past two decades, institutionalists have raised questions about “how” and “why” institutions change. The explanation of the process of institutional change also has a set of conflicting views, assumptions and divergent voices of dissent (Scott, 2008). Mahoney and Thelen (2010) claim that the three dominant approaches to institutional theory, sociological, historical and rational, point to problems in the explanation of institutional change. Our main goal is to raise the discussion about the main currents that explain institutional change, and contribute by way of identify the challenges that the institutional approaches have. We believe that to understand the process of institutional change is necessary to understand the mechanisms underlying the processes by which institutional models prevailing in a social context (country or organization or field) also appear (or not) on another. Also, we propose the use of institutional logic for analysis of institutional change.Keywords: Institutional Change. Institutional Logics. Sociological Institutionalism. Rational Institutionalism. History Institutionalism. Resumo Nas últimas décadas, institucionalistas têm levantado questões sobre “como” e “por que” instituições se modificam. A explicação sobre o processo de mudança institucional possui ainda um conjunto de concepções conflituosas, pressupostos divergentes e vozes discordantes (SCOTT, 2008). Mahoney e Thelen (2010) afirmam que as três abordagens dominantes da teoria institucional, sociológica, racional e histórica apontam problemas na explicação sobre a mudança institucional. Nosso principal objetivo é suscitar a discussão acerca das principais correntes que explicam a mudança institucional e contribuir por meio da identificação dos desafios que as abordagens institucionalistas possuem em suas explicações. Consideramos que para entender o processo de mudança institucional é necessário compreender os mecanismos subjacentes aos processos pelos quais modelos institucionais predominantes em um contexto social (país ou organização ou campo) também surgem (ou não) em outro. Por fim,  propõe-se o uso da perspectiva de lógicas institucionais para análise da mudança institucional. Palavras-chave: Mudança Institucional. Lógicas Institucionais. Institucionalismo Sociológico. Institucionalismo Racional. Institucionalismo Histórico.

scholarly journals Hybrids Before Nonprofits: Key Challenges, Institutional Logics, and Normative Rules of Behavior of News Media Dedicated to Social Welfare

2020 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 790-810
Author(s):  
Sergio Sparviero
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
News Media ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Organizational Form ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
The Social ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Social News ◽  
The Impact

This article proposes comparing nonprofit news organizations that prioritize social welfare goals with the hybrid organizational form that mixes the institutional logics of charities and business enterprises: the Social Enterprise. The institutional logic comprises organizing templates, patterns of actions and values. These Social News Enterprises (SNEs) are analyzed as hybrids mixing the institutional logics of commercial, public, and alternative news media. Financed by donations and the revenue from services, SNEs engage in public, investigative, and explanatory journalism. Normative behavioral principles of SNEs are used to compare the impact-based model of ProPublica with the growth-focused model of The Texas Tribune.

Partner attachment to institutional logics: The influence of congruence and divergence

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart A Napshin ◽  
Arash Azadegan
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
New Product ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Government Research

AbstractPartnerships are increasingly important to firm product innovation. They also increasingly involve parties that are attached to different institutional logics. We examine the effect of firm and partner attachments to the same and different institutional logics. Findings suggest that when partners are attached to the same institutional logic, new product development performance is positively influenced. However, when partners are attached to different institutional logics, new product development is negatively influenced. When controlling for attachment to different institutional logics, partnerships with private companies are more beneficial than partnerships with government research institutions.

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