Abstract
This study combines the institutional logics perspective with a sociomaterial lens to explore how a new element of an institutional logic is negotiated and manifested in sociomaterial practic-es at the micro-level of organizing. Building on recent research emphasizing the role of agency in the micro-level dynamics and use of logics, we show how the interpretive flexibility of a new and contested element of a logic (Lean Practices) is used to negotiate the influence of competing institutional logics. Moreover, by showing how the development and implementation of a new information system intensifies the negotiation between conflicting institutional logics and manifests meanings in daily work routines, our study sheds light on the constitutive role of information technologies in the negotiation and transformation of institutional logics. While previous research has concentrated on processes of translation between global ideas and local context, this study recognizes how local negotiations and adaptations of new elements such as management concepts can be understood as socio-material enactments.