Environmental velocity has emerged as an important concept but remains theoretically underdeveloped, particularly with respect to its multidimensionality. In response, we develop a framework that examines the variations in velocity across multiple dimensions of the environment (homology) and the...

Many countries plan to decarbonise their energy systems by increasing energy efficiency and expanding the use of renewable energy sources (RES). Such actions require significant investments in new energy infrastructures. While people are generally accepting of these infrastructures, opposition...

Institutional approaches to organization studies focus attention on the relationships among organizations and the fields in which they operate, highlighting in particular the role of rational formal structures in enabling and constraining organizational behaviour. A key contribution of...

The social-symbolic work perspective directs attention to the purposeful, reflexive efforts of organizational actors to shape or maintain parts of the social world, which are called social-symbolic objects. While this perspective shares much with other branches of strategy-as-practice research,...

In this chapter we:1. Discuss the cultural shifts that have made social-symbolic work increasingly common and important.2. Define and explain the concept of social-symbolic work.3. Present a process model of social-symbolic work useful in analyzing instances of work.4. Summarize the forms of...

Many countries plan to decarbonise their energy systems by increasing energy efficiency and expanding the use of renewable energy sources (RES). Such actions require significant investments in new energy infrastructures. While people are generally accepting of these infrastructures, opposition...