Protect to Damage? Institutional work, unintended consequences and institutional dynamics
通过分析美国首次鸟类保护运动，研究支持制度的制度工作如何意外地挑战该制度，揭示公开遵从可能损害制度本身，对制度学者理解意外后果有启发。
How does institutional work to uphold an institution unintentionally challenge that institution? To answer this question, I trace institutional work of proponents of change and the norm majority – members of the public who show rectitude vis-à-vis perceived provocation against an established institution, in the context of America’s first bird protection movement. A historical process analysis reveals that institutional work unintentionally compromises institutions because the work can be seen as public conformity to the established institution. A model developed from the findings provides a more refined understanding of unintended consequences in institutional studies.