In this paper we continue development of formal theory of a special class offuzzy logics, called EQ-logics. Unlike fuzzy logics being extensions of theMTL-logic in which the basic connective is implication, the basic connective inEQ-logics is equivalence. Therefore, a new algebra of truth values calledEQ-algebra was developed. This is a lower semilattice with top element endowed with two binary...

have devoted increased scholarly attention to processes of institutionalization, or mechanisms by which organizational structures, policies, and practices acquire social legitimacy and ultimately become taken-for-granted as normatively appropriate in a population. From a neoinstitutional perspective, organizational structures and practices acquire legitimacy with an organization’s stakeholders ...

IT impact sourcing (ITIS) is a socially-responsible business model and a growing phenomenon in developing countries, seeking to drive the benefits of IT outsourcing to marginalised groups. Inherent to many impact sourcing initiatives is a tension between social and commercial objectives, and this might be particularly apparent where the ITIS initiative is a public-private partnership (PPP); yet...

Abstract The 1990s saw what Della Porta (2020. “Building Bridges: Social Movements and Civil Society in Times of Crisis.” Voluntas 31 (5): 938–48) calls the renaissance civil society, from which studies on relations between Organizations (CSOs) state grew exponentially. Based this context, theoretical essay aims to demonstrate how theories coproduction institutional logics can be used a complem...

The logics of “bringing it about” have been part of a prominent tradition for the formalization of individual and institutional agency. Our objective here is to extend Elgesem’s logic of individual agency and ability to coalitions.

We draw on the early history of the management consulting field to build theory about how institutional entrepreneurs legitimate new kinds of organizations in emerging fields. We study the professional form of management consulting organization, which came to dominate other alternatives. Pioneers of this organizational form seized opportunities arising from broad institutional change to discred...

This study examines the conditions under which dual commitments to competing institutional logics, particularly a social vs. commercial logic, are both important organizational functioning for enterprises. Using hand-collected data from survey of 190 enterprises in South Korea, we identify reliable measure sustainability logics. We also factors associated with variation enterprise’s capacity su...

This qualitative study was conducted to examine how multi-disciplinary environmental science teams utilize cyber-infrastructure to generate and assess evidence as part of their boundary spanning research. We find that this interdisciplinary research is difficult due to the divergent institutional logics of the team members (represented by the tenets of their communities of practices, dominant e...