Lærke Højgaard Christiansen

I conduct research on the role of organizations in institutionalization processes. I study how organizations experiment with new ways of managing a social issue that is significant to the survival, identity, and legitimacy of both the organization and the industry as a whole. In this process, organizational actors may find new ways to conceptualize and handle a social issue, through individual efforts as well as through corporate collectivism, such as industry self-regulation and CSR initiatives. My work includes a focus on the role of visual representations and material artifacts in the institutionalization of innovations.

Primary research areas

• Organization
• Organizational Identity and Legitimacy
• Institutionalization Processes
• The Role of Business in Society/ Corporate Social Responsibility
• The interplay between the Organization, Industry and Society

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Copenhagen Business School (2010 — 2013)
• Master level Copenhagen Business School (2006 — 2009)
• BA Aarhus University (2003 — 2006)
• Boston College
• Maastricht University

Publications

• Creative Leadership for Social Impact
  Svejenova, S. & Højgaard Christiansen, L. 2018 Frontiers of Creative Industries: Exploring Structural and Categorical Dynamics. Jones, C. & Maoret, M. (eds.). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing, p. 47-72 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 55).

• The Use of Visuals in Issue Framing: Signifying Responsible Drinking
  Højgaard Christiansen, L. 2018 In : Organization Studies. 39, 5-6, p. 665-689 25 p.

• Architecture as an Institutional Resource: A Visualmaterial Approach to Collective Identities
  Højgaard Christiansen, L. & Velikova, S. S. 2016 37 p.

• Institutionalizing Collective Identities through Architecture: The Tiny House Movement
  Højgaard Christiansen, L. & Velikova, S. S. 2016 17 p.

• Institutional Maintenance through Business Collective Action: The Alcohol Industry’s Engagement with the Issue of Alcohol-related Harm
  Højgaard Christiansen, L. & Kroezen, J. J. 2016 How Institutions Matter!. Gehman, J., Lounsbury, M. & Greenwood, R. (eds.). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing, p. 101-143 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 48B).

• "Drink Responsibly!": Cross-Category Corporate Collectivism In The Alcohol Industry And The Emergence Of Issue-based Industry Collectives
  Højgaard Christiansen, L. & Kroezen, J. J. 2015 51 p.

• Brewing an Assortment of Responses to Institutional Logics
  Højgaard Christiansen, L. 2014 Academy of Management Proceedings 2014. Toombs, L. (ed.). Briar Cliff Manor, NY: Academy of Management, p. 1160-1165

• Brewing Organizational Responses to Institutional Logics
  Højgaard Christiansen, L. J. 2013 Frederiksberg: Copenhagen Business School [Phd]. 272 p. (PhD Series; No. 27.2013).

• Strange Brew: Bridging Logics Via Institutional Bricolage and the Reconstitution of Organizational Identity
  Højgaard Christiansen, L. & Lounsbury , M. 2013 Institutional Logics in Action, Part B . Lounsbury, M. & Boxenbaum, E. (eds.). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing, p. 199-232 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 39 Part B).

• What is Brewing beyond Conflicting Logics? The Dynamics of Organizational Responses to Complexity
  Højgaard Christiansen, L. 2012