Abstract
The article deals with the question of how institutional continuity is realized. It presents an analysis of the continuation of the institution of pre-consultation in the Dutch construction industry over a period of nine years, after this was declared illegal as a consequence of European Union regulations. The analysis utilizes a structuration-based practice approach to institutionalization. The findings suggest that institutional continuity is a matter of a social mechanism which emerges as a consequence of the particular way in which practices are enacted, and which has the effect of repairing and/or concealing contradiction so that change is not initiated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1559-1585 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Organization Studies |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- collusion
- construction industry
- institutional change
- institutional theory
- practices
- social mechanism
- structuration
