Towards a flatter ontology of institutional logics: How logics relate in situations of institutional complexity

The institutional logics approach is a powerful lens with which to examine and understand contexts in norms conceptions are multiple, unclear or flux. While at the societal level have been well elaborated are, most part, widely understood accepted, field not necessarily so clear. Field frames distort, merge confuse logic as actors negotiate, rebalance, bridge interpret recursively constitutive process. We review research two institutionally complex fields—higher education healthcare - that employs an lens. identify categorize arising these fields ask how field-level relate each other societal-level ideal-type logics. what roles ideologies play mediating relations between mechanisms by this happens. find that, level, can appear instantiations form hybrids. New also emerge, but often confused ideologies, thus limiting theory-building potential of approach. begin resolve confusion highlighting role relationships level. advocate for, pave way towards, new agenda enabled flatter ontology sees horizontal relationship vertical actors.