The Role of Spatial Scale in Institutional Processes

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Abstract

This paper delves into the increasingly recognized role of spatial scale in institutional processes. Drawing on insights from Human Geography, we elaborate a conjoined view on spatial scale that goes beyond the extant focus on institutional places in geographic locations, to consider them in relation to also institutional territories in geographic planes, and institutional orders and institutional interlinkages in geographic clusters. We propose that these four focal spaces of institutional processes are enacted through four (re)scaling practices discussed in Human Geography, namely territorialization, place-making, hierarchization, and reticulation. These practices offer a comprehensive framework for paying greater attention to a core characteristic of institutional processes: Their ability to reach beyond single organizations or locations. By integrating these practices into institutional analysis, our paper reveals how spatial scale not only serves as a backdrop for, but actively co-constitutes institutional processes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
EditorsSonia Taneja
Number of pages1
Place of PublicationValhalla, NY
PublisherAcademy of Management
Publication date2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
EventThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024: Innovating for the Future: Policy, Purpose, and Organizations - Chicago, United States
Duration: 9 Aug 202413 Aug 2024
Conference number: 84
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Conference

ConferenceThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024
Number84
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period09/08/202413/08/2024
Internet address
SeriesAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
ISSN0065-0668

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