Institutional Complexities in Organisations: A Theoretical Integration of Multiple Logics and the Locus of Paradoxical Tension
Organisations encounter a multiplicity of influences developing complexities that stem from competing or contradicting logics of the institutional field. When such influences enter organisations and interface with organisational actors’ sense-making, they create paradoxical tensions with implication...
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| description | Organisations encounter a multiplicity of influences developing complexities that stem from competing or contradicting logics of the institutional field. When such influences enter organisations and interface with organisational actors’ sense-making, they create paradoxical tensions with implications for decision-making. This paper theorises how in the organisational field, multiple logics develop complexities and get intertwined with organisational actors’ sense-making, resulting in paradoxical tensions. It presents propositions leaning on a theoretical framework that integrates multiple logics and the locus of paradoxical tension. We propose that in an unstructured institutional field, organisational actors face increased tension, leading to a decision-making situation of either ‘acquire and adjust’ or ‘reject and maintain existing practices’. The selection of ‘acquire and adjust’ then results in a choice between ‘acquire’ (conformity) and ‘partial conformity or non-conformity’ to the prevailing logics in the field. Our integrative framework provides insights to future researchers for making sense of messy organisational realities amid broader influences. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b12d32fc84d248a29b3b134b2e4cb4dc2025-01-04T08:20:50ZengFaculty of Management & Finance, University of ColomboColombo Business Journal1800-363X2579-22102024-12-0115214216110.4038/cbj.v15i2.195Institutional Complexities in Organisations: A Theoretical Integration of Multiple Logics and the Locus of Paradoxical TensionSujeewa Damayanthi0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8136-1171Tharusha Gooneratne1Department of Accounting, University of Colombo, Sri LankaDepartment of Accounting, University of Colombo, Sri LankaOrganisations encounter a multiplicity of influences developing complexities that stem from competing or contradicting logics of the institutional field. When such influences enter organisations and interface with organisational actors’ sense-making, they create paradoxical tensions with implications for decision-making. This paper theorises how in the organisational field, multiple logics develop complexities and get intertwined with organisational actors’ sense-making, resulting in paradoxical tensions. It presents propositions leaning on a theoretical framework that integrates multiple logics and the locus of paradoxical tension. We propose that in an unstructured institutional field, organisational actors face increased tension, leading to a decision-making situation of either ‘acquire and adjust’ or ‘reject and maintain existing practices’. The selection of ‘acquire and adjust’ then results in a choice between ‘acquire’ (conformity) and ‘partial conformity or non-conformity’ to the prevailing logics in the field. Our integrative framework provides insights to future researchers for making sense of messy organisational realities amid broader influences.https://mgmt.cmb.ac.lk/cbj/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/6.-CBJ-V15I2-Multiple-Logics.pdfinstitutional complexityinstitutional logicsparadoxical tensiontheory integration |
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| title | Institutional Complexities in Organisations: A Theoretical Integration of Multiple Logics and the Locus of Paradoxical Tension |
| title_full | Institutional Complexities in Organisations: A Theoretical Integration of Multiple Logics and the Locus of Paradoxical Tension |
| title_fullStr | Institutional Complexities in Organisations: A Theoretical Integration of Multiple Logics and the Locus of Paradoxical Tension |
| title_full_unstemmed | Institutional Complexities in Organisations: A Theoretical Integration of Multiple Logics and the Locus of Paradoxical Tension |
| title_short | Institutional Complexities in Organisations: A Theoretical Integration of Multiple Logics and the Locus of Paradoxical Tension |
| title_sort | institutional complexities in organisations a theoretical integration of multiple logics and the locus of paradoxical tension |
| topic | institutional complexity institutional logics paradoxical tension theory integration |
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