Institutional Hybridity in Networked Cultural Organizations through Boundary Work
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https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.146791Keywords:
Identity, Meaning & Culture, Organization & ManagementAbstract
The article studies the impacts of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus on cultural festival organizations in Finland. Festivals have been institutionalized as network organizations, which presumes boundary work with partner organizations from different institutional fields. The organizational pattern of cultural festivals is studied qualitatively by applying institutional theory and particularly the perspective of hybridity due to the network pattern of festival organization.The institutionalization of cultural festivals promoted stability and guaranteed economic support during the pandemic, although the organizations had to run down most of their events. The small-scale impacts were the changes in the network structures and related reshaping of the programs.
Author Biographies
Arja Haapakorpi, Tampere University
Senior Research Fellow, Work Research Centre, E-mail: arja.haapakorpi@tuni.fi
Jari Kolehmainen, Council of Tampere Region
Director of Development
Henna Jousmäki, Tampere University
Affiliated Researcher
Minna Leinonen, Tampere University
Senior Research Fellow, Work Research Centre
Emmi Siirtola, Tampere University
Researcher, Faculty of Management and Business
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