The work of maintaining institutions has been barely studied by neo-institutional analysis. We propose to enrich this notion thanks to the empirical study of credit rating. The credit rating industry is characterized by a paradox that lies in the opposition between the permanence that comes with...

The purpose of this article is to specify the nature of a critical activity in the field of strategy. While post-rational or procedural researches offered alternatives to conventional strategy, they do not reflect the specificity of the critical approach and do not really fit to a critical...

L'objet de cet article est de spécifier la nature et les contours d'une activité critique dans le champ de la stratégie. Alors que les analyses dites post-rationnelles ou processuelles ont offert des alternatives au courant conventionnel en stratégie, elles ne rendent pas compte de la...

Previous work about identity construction in management studies has focused on a stable individual identity that only evolves with major events. Conversely, this research aims to explore a more situated identity construction in front of day-to-day working activities. We borrow Danilo...