Beyond Constraining and Enabling: Toward New Microfoundations for Institutional Theory
指出制度理论建立微观基础的努力受限于两个假设：结构仅约束和赋能行动，能动性主要与反思性相关。作者提出替代性微观基础，强调结构主动引导行动方向，并明确理论化能动性的前反思维度，以弥合理论内部分歧。
In this article I argue that the quest to establish microfoundations for institutional theory is hindered by two assumptions on which it currently rests: that structure simply constrains and enables action and that agency is mostly associated with reflexivity. I unpack these two assumptions and propose alternative microfoundations on which (1) structure not only constrains and enables action but also actively orients it toward some possibilities over others, and (2) the pre-reflective dimension of agency is explicitly theorized. It thus becomes possible to bridge long-standing divides within institutional theory, opening up avenues for further developing its microfoundations.