The Palgrave Handbook of Emotions and Values in Organizational Institutionalism
In the face of escalating political crises and institutional upheavals, leaders are encountering unprecedented challenges and uncertainty daily. Understanding how emotions and values shape societies is now more crucial than ever. Emotions play a significant role in influencing engagement and resistance towards established norms and values, while values govern emotional reactions, mobilize actions, and strengthen institutional work and social connections. This open-access handbook offers a comprehensive interplay between emotions and values within organizational institutionalism, highlighting their essential roles in shaping organizational dynamics and evolution of organizational life. Drawing upon cutting-edge research, the handbook examines how emotions and values emerges within institutions, interact, and operate as significant drivers of action and practice across various organizational contexts.
Gry Espedal is a Professor at VID Specialized University, Norway. She has published extensively on topics such as values work, institutional logics, and the interplay between narratives, values, practices, and emotions.
Trish Ruebottom is an Associate Professor at McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business, Canada. She focuses on social innovation, stigma, moral emotions, and their impacts on entrepreneurship, especially concerning marginalized industries.
Marta Struminska-Kutra is a Professor at both VID Specialized University and Kozminski University, Poland. She investigates social and sustainable innovation, governance of sustainable transitions, and organizational learning in public administration.
Jose Bento da Silva is an Associate Professor at Warwick Business School, UK. He examines how concepts like ambiguity and temporality enhance our understanding of social and institutional order through historical and ethnographic studies.
Douglas Creed is Professor Emeritus at the University of Rhode Island, USA, and a fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He researches identity and embodiment within institutional processes and the dynamics of contested institutional change.
