Continuous learning: The influence of national institutional logics on training attitudes

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Luo, Xiaowei
• 署名单位: University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0230
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 280-296
• 关键词: INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; macro-micro links; cross-national research; individual attitudes; employee training

摘要

T his research attempts to understand and test a core assumption in neoinstitutional theory, i.e., that institutional logics shape individual attitudes and preferences, by studying cross-national differences in people's attitudes toward the continuous learning model of employee training-an increasingly popular model of training. I propose that national institutional logics regarding the individual's role (empowered versus limited) can shape people's preferences for the new model of training. By using a historically grounded typology of national politics depicting the organization of authority (statism) and society (corporateness), I suggest how these two dimensions carry distinct logics about the individual's role and, in turn, shape people's training orientation. Training attitudes of people in 16 European (EU) countries/regions are examined using data from the 1995 Eurobarometer Training Survey. Results from hierarchical models show that, beyond the influence of individual characteristics, people from nonstatist (i.e., collective authority is located in civil society rather than in the state) and noncorporatist (i.e., individuals are incorporated into the society as autonomous actors rather than members in collectives) countries are more likely to prefer the continuous learning model of training, By explicitly linking institutional logics with individual attitudes, this study contributes to the neoinstitutional perspective, studies on training attitudes, and cross-national research.