Theorizing change: The role of professional associations in the transformation of institutionalized fields

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Greenwood, R; Suddaby, R; Hinings, CR
• 署名单位: University of Alberta; University of Iowa
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/3069285
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 58-80
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY; diffusion; Isomorphism; CONSTRUCTION; COMPETITION; adaptation; management; networks; DYNAMICS; adoption

摘要

This study examines the role of professional associations in a changing, highly institutionalized organizational field and suggests that they play a significant role in legitimating change. A model of institutional change is outlined, of which a key stage is theorization, the process whereby organizational failings are conceptualized and linked to potential solutions. Regulatory agencies, such as professional associations, play an important role in theorizing change, endorsing local innovations and shaping their diffusion.