We draw on the institutional work literature to analyze the rhetoric in mainstream media spawned by the global financial crisis. We identify the emerging positions (status quo, neutral and change) of actors on major themes (policy, practices, recovery and regulation) related to the crisis and...

Purpose - This paper seeks to provide insights into the current global financial crisis from an institutional theory perspective.Design/methodology/approach - The paper presents the development of key concepts using institutional theory, grounded in a discussion of the context of the current...

The current economic crisis is a complex social phenomenon, several aspects of which go beyond national borders and also cross traditional academic disciplinary boundaries. While initial academic commentary in media has typically been grounded within finance or economics disciplinary boundaries,...