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Change dynamics in institutional discontinuities: Do formal or informal institutions change first? Lessons from rule changes in professional American baseball

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  • Aya S. Chacar
  • Sokol Celo
  • William Hesterly

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Extant research presents a conflicting picture of change dynamics during institutional discontinuities. Some studies propose or depict formal rules as changing first. Others argue that norms need to change before formal rules can be revisited, let alone change. An examination of the literature suggests a contingency theory. In mature organisational fields with institutionalised informal rules, norms need to be questioned and changed before any change in formal rules can take place. On the other hand, in emergent organisational fields – where no particular rules of the game have been institutionalised ‒ change in higher-level institutions begins with a change in formal rules. The article also presents two historical cases of major institutional change in professional American baseball that illustrate the theory proposed.

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  • Aya S. Chacar & Sokol Celo & William Hesterly, 2018. "Change dynamics in institutional discontinuities: Do formal or informal institutions change first? Lessons from rule changes in professional American baseball," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(5), pages 728-753, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:60:y:2018:i:5:p:728-753
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2017.1342811
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    3. Xiaorui Xin & Ivo Mossig, 2021. "Governments and Formal Institutions Shaping the Networks of Co‐Production in the Chinese and German Film Industries," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 112(3), pages 220-238, July.
    4. Wolfgang Sofka & Christoph Grimpe & Ulrich Kaiser, 2022. "Understanding the unwritten rules of the game: Government work experience and salary premiums in foreign MNC subsidiaries," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 53(6), pages 1110-1132, August.
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