Is your culture institutionalized to the point that deviating is a fire-able offense?
They could be contextually adapted and institutionalized to promote sustainability.
In line with these assumptions, Jackson and Schuler (1999, p. 6) formulated two assertions of the institutional theory: (1) "institutionalized activities are resistant to change" and (2) "organizations in institutionalized environments are pressured to become similar".
We adopt the term "moral entrepreneur" to describe the deliberate efforts to change institutionalized moral norms, and thus foster sustainability transitions.
As longer-term projects such as peer mediation are institutionalized, the role of children also continues to change.
The first global theme to emerge was 'getting rid of unwanted personnel', referring to institutionalized bullying that is coldly instrumental in nature, designed to change the allocation of roles and the composition of the organizational workforce.
Moreover, management practices may be institutionalized and historically and culturally embedded and consequently prove difficult to change on the basis of scientific information (Arts et al. 2013).
But, at the same time, it can stall efforts to change in productive ways and lead to institutionalizing behaviors that are unproductive.
Amy Pascal, chairman of Sony Pictures, which is co-producing "Carrie," says it's hard for female directors because the movie industry is "institutionalized not to support women, even if a lot of us are trying to change it".
The church needs to change, and must embrace the humility and honesty of its founder if it is to cleanse itself of institutionalized sexual abuse, and survive as a force for good in the 21st century.
