THE DYNAMICS OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION - TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES IN NORWEGIAN FISHERIES
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
HOLM, P
刊物名称：
ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0001-8392
DOI：
10.2307/2393791
发表日期：
1995
页码：
398-422
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摘要：
This article considers the fundamental paradox of new institutional theories of organizations: How can actors change institutions if their actions, intentions, and rationality are all conditioned by the very institution they wish to change? I argue that the problem of institutional change can be solved if institutions are seen as nested systems, that is, interconnected, multilevel systems in which each action-level or arena simultaneously is a framework for action and a product of action. This is demonstrated in an analysis of institutional change processes affecting the rise and fall of a specific institutional form, the mandated sales organization (MSG), in Norwegian fisheries. After a brief discussion of the problem of institutional change, I describe how the MSO form was shaped in processes that themselves were structured by institutions. I then show how the interconnection between the practical and political levels of action through feedback loops can shed light on the cumulative character of the MSO reform. Lastly, I discuss the interaction between practices, interests, and ideas in the process that led to the downfall of the MSO form.