Affective Events Theory, Institutional Theory and feral Systems: How do they all Fit?

Stacey Kent; Luke Houghton; Don Kerr

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Affective Events Theory, Institutional Theory and feral Systems: How do they all Fit?

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Affective Events Theory, Institutional Theory and feral Systems: How do they all Fit?

Stacey Kent, Luke Houghton and Don Kerr

Proceedings of the 27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference

Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Annual Conference, 27th (Hobart, Australia, 04-Dec-2013–06-Dec-2013)

Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)

2013

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Business and Management

feral systems

This paper is an outflow of semi-structure interviews conducted in 2012 that investigated why members of organizations using institutionalized software, such as AGRESSO, create feral systems. We use Institutional Theory (Selznik, 1948; Zucker, 1977) as a broad theory to understand why software programmes like AGRESSO are institutionalised. We then nest Weiss and Cropanzano's (1996) Affective Events Theory into Institutional Theory in order to understand how these instutionalised software programmes tend to create 'hassles' for the organisation's member, which, in turn seem to create affect driven behaviour. We use the interpretive lens to understand the emotional process that the member's experience in order for us to understand why feral systems exist and are inherently institutionalized.

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Title: Affective Events Theory, Institutional Theory and feral Systems: How do they all Fit?
Authors: Stacey Kent (Author) - Griffith University
Luke Houghton (Author) - Griffith University
Don Kerr (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Contributors: M Grimmer (Editor)
R Hecker (Editor)
Publication details: Proceedings of the 27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
Conference details: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Annual Conference, 27th (Hobart, Australia, 04-Dec-2013–06-Dec-2013)
Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
Date published: 2013
ISBN: 9780987596826
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449049802621
Output Type: Conference paper

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