Slander, Shouts, and Silence: Incumbent Resistance to Disruptive Logics

This paper develops a typology of incumbent resistance to disruptive new logics. Although scholars institutional change have studied public forms resistance, comprehensive understanding how incumbents oppose logics also necessitates attention the quiet resistance. Conceptualizing as form work, we draw on insights from literatures and social movements develop public, hidden, implicit Broadening work include its enables understand field resist disruption why such efforts may be successful. A broadened analysis is vital for theorizing past future resilience some most central institutions modern society, carbon-based economy democracy.