caa a22 4500 605482969 CHVBK 20210128100429.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2079-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2079-x The Evolution of Vocabularies and Its Relation to Investigation of White-Collar Crimes: An Institutional Work Perspective [Elektronische Daten] [Abhijeet Vadera, Ruth Aguilera] White-collar crimes are illegal and unethical actions by agents of an organization. In this paper, we address two related research questions concerning white-collar crime—how did the language of white-collar crime evolve? And how did this language co-evolve with the investigation of white-collar crime? Building on research on institutional work, we find that key institutional actors such as the Presidential Office are likely to use frames and adopt a particular language (i.e., the term "white-collar crime”) in order to legitimize institutional practices (i.e., investigation of white-collar crimes). Conversely, less powerful actors such as the law enforcement agencies are then likely to use narratives to shape language in order to mobilize other stakeholders to continue the adoption of the referent practice. We uncover these findings by using qualitative methodology and trend analysis. We conclude with a detailed theoretical discussion of the role of institutional actors in institutional work and the implications of our research. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 White-collar crime nationallicence Governance nationallicence Language nationallicence Vadera Abhijeet Indian School of Business, Gachibowli, 500 032, Hyderabad, India aut Aguilera Ruth Department of Business Administration, College of Business, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1206 South Sixth St, 61820, Champaign, IL, USA aut Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 128/1(2015-04-01), 21-38 0167-4544 128:1<21 2015 128 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2079-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2079-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vadera Abhijeet Indian School of Business, Gachibowli, 500 032, Hyderabad, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aguilera Ruth Department of Business Administration, College of Business, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1206 South Sixth St, 61820, Champaign, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 128/1(2015-04-01), 21-38 0167-4544 128:1<21 2015 128 10551