Institutionalization as an interplay between actions, meanings, and actors: The case of a rape crisis center in Israel

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zilber, TB
• 署名单位: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/3069294
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 234-254
• 关键词: dynamics; culture; LAW; ORGANIZATIONS; CONSTRUCTION; TECHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; ORDER

摘要

In this article, I present an analysis of institutionalization as an interplay between three interrelated yet separate components-actors, actions, and meanings. Drawing on ethnographic data of a rape crisis center in Israel, where the entry of therapeutically oriented members resulted in the infusion of new meanings into originally feminist practices, I examine the role of organization members as carriers of institutions and their (possible) agency in infusing actions with meanings through interpretation; how meanings connect actors with actions; and institutional meanings as political resources.