The Role of Competing Rationalities in Institutional Change

Barbara Townley

doi:10.2307/3069290

The Role of Competing Rationalities in Institutional Change

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Reporting on a longitudinal :case study,of the introduction of business planning and performance measures in cultural organizations, this article uses Weber's identification of types of rationality as a means to illuminate institutional and organizational change. The study illustrates how conflict that accompanies change coalesces around different dimensions of rationality-substantive, practical, theoretical, and instrumental-that inform organization members' understandings of organizational and professional identity and management practices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	163-179
Number of pages	17
Journal	Academy of Management Journal
Volume	45
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/3069290
Publication status	Published - Feb 2002

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