Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works

Volume: 15 Number: 1 February 1, 2015
EN TR

Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the concept of businessman in the context of Turkey. The concept of businessman covers various meanings and thus it is complex. Businessman shapes and is shaped by the institutional environment in which he operates. Businessman conducts institutional works in order to create, maintain and disrupt the institutional environment surrounding him. Businessman, in this study, is defined through the institutional works that he conducts. With the support of purposefully selected, context-dependent institutional biography, businessman primarily disrupt the taken-for-granted definition of the concept, conducts a meaning creation initiative for re-defining the concept and finally conducts various institutional works in order to maintain and enhance the created concept

Keywords

References

  1. Ahmadjian, C.L. ve Robinson, P. (2001) “Safety in Numbers : Downsizing and the Deinstitutionalization of Pernnanent Employment in Japan” Administrative Science Quarterly, 46:622-654.
  2. Alakavuklar, O.N., Kılıçaslan, S. ve Öztürk, E.B. (2009) “Türkiye’de hayırseverlikten Kurumsal Sosyal So- rumluluğa Geçiş: Bir Kurumsal Değişim Öyküsü” Yöne- tim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 9(2):103-143.
  3. Albert, S. ve Whetten, D.A. (1985) “Organizational Identity” Research in Organizational Behavior, Cummings et al. (eds) Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
  4. Aldemir, C.M., Arbak, Y. ve Özmen Timurcanday, Ö.N. (2003) “Türkiye’de İşgörme Anlayışı: Tanımı ve Boyutları” Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 3(1):5-28.
  5. Anhier, H.K. (2001) “Foundations in Europe: A Comparative Perspective” Civil Society Working Paper Series, No:18.
  6. Ashforth, B.E. ve Gibbs, B.W. (1990) “The Double- edge of Organizational Legitimation” Organization Scien- ce, 1(2):177-194.
  7. Barley, S.R. (1986) “Technology As An Occasion For Structuring: Evidence From Observations of CT Scan- ners and the Social Order of Radiology Departments” Administrative Science Quarterly, 31:78-108.
  8. Battilana, J. ve D’Aunno, T. (2009) “Institutional work and the paradox of embedded agency” Lawrence et al (eds.) Institutional work: Actors and Agency In Institu- tional Studies of Organization, Cambridge, University of Cambridge Press.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

-

Journal Section

-

Publication Date

February 1, 2015

Submission Date

February 1, 2015

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 15 Number: 1

APA
Ağlargöz, O. (2015). Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works. Ege Academic Review, 15(1), 99-110. https://izlik.org/JA99EL88LJ
AMA
1.Ağlargöz O. Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works. ear. 2015;15(1):99-110. https://izlik.org/JA99EL88LJ
Chicago
Ağlargöz, Ozan. 2015. “Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works”. Ege Academic Review 15 (1): 99-110. https://izlik.org/JA99EL88LJ.
EndNote
Ağlargöz O (February 1, 2015) Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works. Ege Academic Review 15 1 99–110.
IEEE
[1]O. Ağlargöz, “Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works”, ear, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 99–110, Feb. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA99EL88LJ
ISNAD
Ağlargöz, Ozan. “Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works”. Ege Academic Review 15/1 (February 1, 2015): 99-110. https://izlik.org/JA99EL88LJ.
JAMA
1.Ağlargöz O. Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works. ear. 2015;15:99–110.
MLA
Ağlargöz, Ozan. “Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works”. Ege Academic Review, vol. 15, no. 1, Feb. 2015, pp. 99-110, https://izlik.org/JA99EL88LJ.
Vancouver
1.Ozan Ağlargöz. Describing the Concept of Businessman Through Analyzing Institutional Works. ear [Internet]. 2015 Feb. 1;15(1):99-110. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA99EL88LJ