What is it about?
The paper outlines a new method for studying social institutions. In this case, social institutions are the taken-for-granted features of everyday life. Sometimes they are formal (laws, rules) and other times they are informal (conventions, social niceties). The method proposes that the researcher should disrupt these features in order to bring the features to light. Four steps are provided.
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Why is it important?
Explanations comes partly from how we collect the data. Theories come from methods. If we use different methods, we might learn something new. Admittedly, this method would have some trouble in receiving ethical approval to be used in the field. People prefer researchers to be neutral observers rather than playing an active part. The idea of institutional disruption is not to leave permanent damage, but rather to lift of the fog of assumption for a few brief moments.
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This page is a summary of: Creating institutional disruption: an alternative method to study institutions, Journal of Organizational Change Management, March 2020, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/jocm-06-2019-0200.
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