Discursive work within weak field mandate events: the case of a conference on assistive technologies for persons with disabilities
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
IIMB Management Review
Abstract
The present study outlines discursive work in a weak field mandate event. The case is a conference focussed on assistive technologies that may help persons with disabilities gain better access to educational and employment spaces in India. Findings highlight three mechanisms which underpinned event-specific discursive work – discursive clarity, alignment, and coordination. In outlining such discursive work, the present study indicates how actors, who congregate as a group without high symbolic or resource support from powerful institutional elites, attempt to influence broader processes of institutionalisation.
DOI Link
Publication Date
5-9-2018
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
Vol.30
Issue
Iss.4
Recommended Citation
Kulkarni, Mukta, "Discursive work within weak field mandate events: the case of a conference on assistive technologies for persons with disabilities" (2018). Faculty Publications. 560.
https://research.iimb.ac.in/fac_pubs/560
