Coupling, Not Decoupling, Should Be Institutional Theory's Mantra: A Rejoinder to Haack and Schoeneborn
回应Haack和Schoeneborn对作者先前文章的批评，论证制度理论应强调耦合而非脱耦，并反驳了功能主义与静态解释的指责。
Ambiguity and uncertainty inhere in theorizing around the knowledge frontier. Debating the robustness of novel ideas can, therefore, be instrumental in bolstering theory development. As such, I welcome that Haack and Schoeneborn (forthcoming) challenge certain aspects of my recent AMR article (Wijen, 2014). Their critique is two-pronged. First, they argue that my ideas are functionalist and thus incompatible with the social constructionist nature of institutional theory. Second, they contend that I interpret decoupling in a static way, thereby ignoring important dynamics. My response follows the order of these issues.