Understanding Institutional Plurality in Multinational Enterprises: The Roles of Institutional Logic and Social Identification

Abstract

The international context provides multinational enterprises (MNEs) with distinct and plural institutional arrangements. The concept of institutional logic, which has received little attention in MNE management research, provides theoretical tools to address the plurality of institutional contexts that characterize MNEs. By focusing on the concept of institutional logic rather than on traditional neo-institutional views of organizational phenomena, this chapter aims to provide a theoretical framework to address the institutional plurality of MNEs and to study the impact of diverse arrangements of institutions on individual and organizational behaviours in the context of MNEs.

Citation

Molina, C. (2012), "Understanding Institutional Plurality in Multinational Enterprises: The Roles of Institutional Logic and Social Identification", Tihanyi, L., Devinney, T.M. and Pedersen, T. (Ed.) Institutional Theory in International Business and Management (Advances in International Management, Vol. 25), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 399-423. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-5027(2012)0000025022