INSTITUTIONALIZATION PROCESS: A STUDY OF THE GENERAL MICRO AND SMALL BUSINESS LAW

Abstract

This article uses a sociological-based institutional theory to reveal all the steps taken by the authorities of a municipality in the interior of Paraná to implement the Law of Micro and Small Enterprises. The methodology chosen was non-participant observation and it was chosen semi-structured with municipal leaders. The political, economic and social concern, our work and the position we take is that institutional theory is not unrelated to culture and behavior, be it individual or organizational. It is intended to understand how the Micro and Small Business Law was implemented in this municipality, from its inception to its final operation. We emphasize that the research took up enough time to answer the relevant questions and one of the main findings of the research shows the detachment from institutionalized political issues such as bureaucracy and the slowness towards the culture and behavior of the agents involved in the process. or, despite institutionalizing individual and organizational behavior in this context, it does not adhere to the institutes built, thus altering the social order. As the process is constant, the time span of the research is presented as a limiting factor, supporting what we can measure so far and this detachment between institution and behavior.

DOI: 10.56238/edimpacto2025.039-001