Institutional Dynamics in International Organizations: Lessons from the Recruitment Procedures of the European External Action Service
提出一个理论框架，将组织变革视为解释性主体之间的辩证过程，并以欧洲对外行动署的招聘程序为例，说明正式程序如何因参与者的解释而引发反馈循环并导致修正。
This article examines how organizational designs develop by proposing a novel theoretical framework that views organizational change as resulting from a dialectic process between interpretive agents. The key claim is that existing formal procedures (such as recruitment processes, our empirical focal point) are subject to involved actors’ interpretive efforts. This results in a bargaining situation based on the interpretations of the principal actors, which may induce a feedback loop whereby the original procedures are amended. The empirical relevance of the theoretical argument is illustrated via a case study of the hiring procedures in the European External Action Service.