“Devils May Sit Here:” The Role of Enchantment in Institutional Maintenance

This paper contributes to the literature on maintenance of institutions by analyzing the case of an old profession—Scottish advocates. Drawing on the neo-institutional perspective on professions, we address the question, what role does organizational space play in institutional maintenance? We draw on our ethnographic study to make a three-fold contribution. Firstly, our case study shows how spaces, and how institutional actors interacting with...