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  • Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations

Institutional Work and the Paradox of Embedded Agency

By: Julie Battilana and Thomas D'Aunno
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Keywords

Working Conditions; Agency Theory; Organizations

Citation

Battilana, Julie, and Thomas D'Aunno. "Institutional Work and the Paradox of Embedded Agency." In Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations, edited by T. Lawrence, R. Suddaby, and B. Leca, 31–58. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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About The Author

Julie Battilana

Organizational Behavior
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