FLOWING WITH THE CURRENT AND MAKING WAVES: A MODEL OF PERSONAL CONTROL AND INSTITUTIONAL MIGRATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lee, Matthew; Whitson, Jennifer
• 署名单位: Harvard University; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2022.0246
• 发表日期: 2026
• 关键词: SECONDARY CONTROL; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; ORGANIZATIONS RESPOND; EXECUTIVE MIGRATION; GOAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SKILL; culture; LOGICS; self; field

摘要

We develop a theory of institutional migration based on the basic human motive to achieve personal control-the expectation that one's actions will yield predictable outcomes. We propose that institutionalized action supports personal control, and that individuals migrating to a new institutional domain therefore suffer a personal control deficit. Institutional migrants are hence motivated to reestablish personal control through dual pathways: transposition of their previously acquired institutional knowledge (primary control) and internalization of the institutional rules of their new environments (secondary control). These pathways are moderated by a set of individual and institutional characteristics, respectively. A personal control perspective thus illuminates a crucial moment in institutional dynamics and augments the psychological grounding of institutional accounts.