Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Microfoundations of institutions |
| Editors | Patrick Haack, Jost Sieweke, Lauri Wessel |
| Place of Publication | Bingley, UK |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing |
| Chapter | 4 |
| Pages | 63-83 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Volume | 65B |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781787691278, 9781787691292 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781787691285 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | Research in the Sociology of Organizations |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing |
| Volume | 65B |
| ISSN (Print) | 0733-558X |
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Keywords
- Institutional theory
- self-identity
- agency
- narrative
- sensemaking
- GLBT
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From cruise director to rabbi : Authoring the agentic self through conventions of narrative necessity. / Lok, Jaco; Creed, W. E. Douglas; Dejordy, Rich.
Microfoundations of institutions. ed. / Patrick Haack; Jost Sieweke; Lauri Wessel. Vol. 65B Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2020. p. 63-83 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations; Vol. 65B).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - From cruise director to rabbi
T2 - Authoring the agentic self through conventions of narrative necessity
AU - Lok, Jaco
AU - Creed, W. E. Douglas
AU - Dejordy, Rich
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The concept of (self-)identity has become increasingly central to institutional theory’s microfoundations, yet remains relatively underdeveloped. In this chapter, the authors use an autobiographical interview with a gay Protestant minister in the US to explore the role of narrative conventions in the construction of self-identity. The analysis of this chapter offers the basis for a new understanding of the relation between institutions, self-identity, and agency: how we agentically engage institutions depends not only on who we narrate ourselves to be, but also on how we narrate ourselves into being. This suggests that narration as a specific modality of micro-institutional processes has important performative effects.
AB - The concept of (self-)identity has become increasingly central to institutional theory’s microfoundations, yet remains relatively underdeveloped. In this chapter, the authors use an autobiographical interview with a gay Protestant minister in the US to explore the role of narrative conventions in the construction of self-identity. The analysis of this chapter offers the basis for a new understanding of the relation between institutions, self-identity, and agency: how we agentically engage institutions depends not only on who we narrate ourselves to be, but also on how we narrate ourselves into being. This suggests that narration as a specific modality of micro-institutional processes has important performative effects.
KW - Institutional theory
KW - self-identity
KW - agency
KW - narrative
KW - sensemaking
KW - GLBT
U2 - 10.1108/S0733-558X2019000065B036
DO - 10.1108/S0733-558X2019000065B036
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SN - 9781787691285
VL - 65B
T3 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
SP - 63
EP - 83
BT - Microfoundations of institutions
A2 - Haack, Patrick
A2 - Sieweke, Jost
A2 - Wessel, Lauri
PB - Emerald Publishing
CY - Bingley, UK
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