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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21790| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | A heuristic for conceptualizing and uncovering the determinants of agency in socio-technical transitions |
| Authors: | Duygan, Mert Stauffacher, Michael Meylan, Grégoire |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.002 10.21256/zhaw-21790 |
| Published in: | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions |
| Volume(Issue): | 33 |
| Page(s): | 13 |
| Pages to: | 29 |
| Issue Date: | 2019 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 2210-4224 2210-4232 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Agency; Discourse; Institutional entrepreneurship; Resources; Social network; Institutional work |
| Subject (DDC): | 658.406: Innovation management, change management |
| Abstract: | There has been a growing interest in transition studies on the role of agency in bringing about disruptive change. Previous studies have examined how actors perform institutional work to create legitimacy and transform institutions. In doing so, they have provided insights into specific practices and strategies that actors follow. This paper seeks to complement existing studies by elucidating the foundations of agency that transforms institutions through institutional work. Drawing on institutional sociology and organizational studies, resources, discourses and networks of actors are identified as key elements enabling institutional work practices. The agency of each actor is conceived of as dependent on the configurations it possesses with respect to these elements. A heuristic is presented that helps to determine the configurations associated with a strong agency in empirical settings and use Swiss waste management as an illustrative case example. The heuristic enables a systematic analysis of agency across different organizational fields. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/21790 |
| Fulltext version: | Accepted version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International |
| Restricted until: | 2021-12-01 |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | International Management Institute (IMI) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Duygan, M., Stauffacher, M., & Meylan, G. (2019). A heuristic for conceptualizing and uncovering the determinants of agency in socio-technical transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 33, 13–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.002
Duygan, M., Stauffacher, M. and Meylan, G. (2019) ‘A heuristic for conceptualizing and uncovering the determinants of agency in socio-technical transitions’, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 33, pp. 13–29. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.002.
M. Duygan, M. Stauffacher, and G. Meylan, “A heuristic for conceptualizing and uncovering the determinants of agency in socio-technical transitions,” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 33, pp. 13–29, 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.002.
DUYGAN, Mert, Michael STAUFFACHER und Grégoire MEYLAN, 2019. A heuristic for conceptualizing and uncovering the determinants of agency in socio-technical transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 2019. Bd. 33, S. 13–29. DOI 10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.002
Duygan, Mert, Michael Stauffacher, and Grégoire Meylan. 2019. “A Heuristic for Conceptualizing and Uncovering the Determinants of Agency in Socio-Technical Transitions.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 33: 13–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.002.
Duygan, Mert, et al. “A Heuristic for Conceptualizing and Uncovering the Determinants of Agency in Socio-Technical Transitions.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 33, 2019, pp. 13–29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.002.
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