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Frames, agency and institutional change: the case of benchmarking in Danish construction

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  • Grane Mikael Gregaard Rasmussen
  • Per Langaa Jensen
  • Stefan Christoffer Gottlieb

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This study examines change and the sources influencing the formulation and diffusion of policies in construction. The change examined is the introduction of a benchmarking policy initiative in the Danish construction industry. Using institutional theory with emphasis on the concepts of frames and framings, we show how strategically motivated actors are able to frame policy problems in ways that disclose the mixture of motives, interests and institutional mechanisms at play in change processes. In doing so, we contribute to the literature on the role of agency in institutional change and the framing of policy problems. We conclude by highlighting how insights gained from the framing perspective present a challenge to the dominant comprehensive rationalist view of the policy process and the formulation and implementation of reform initiatives.

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  • Grane Mikael Gregaard Rasmussen & Per Langaa Jensen & Stefan Christoffer Gottlieb, 2017. "Frames, agency and institutional change: the case of benchmarking in Danish construction," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(6), pages 305-323, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:35:y:2017:i:6:p:305-323
    DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2017.1298824
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    1. Stefan Christoffer Gottlieb & Nicolaj Frederiksen, 2020. "Deregulation as socio-spatial transformation: Dimensions and consequences of shifting governmentalities in the Danish construction industry," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 38(3), pages 484-502, May.

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