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Coping with Multiple Institutional Logics: Temporal Process of Institutional Work during the Emergence of the One Foundation in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2016

Yuhuan Liu ,
Chenjian Zhang  and
Runtian Jing
Yuhuan Liu
Affiliation:
Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Chenjian Zhang*
Affiliation:
University of Bath, UK
Runtian Jing
Affiliation:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
*
Corresponding author: Chenjian Zhang (C.Zhang2@bath.ac.uk)
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Abstract

An increasing body of research has applied an institutional perspective to understand actors’ responses to conflicting institutional logics and the creation process of new organizational forms. Although China provides a natural, real-time laboratory to study this topic, scant empirical research has been done. Moreover, we find it is insufficient to apply current frameworks, which have been mainly driven by studies conducted in Western contexts, to study actors’ responses to institutional multiplicity in China, especially in its emerging non-profit sector. This article fills research gaps by providing an in-depth case analysis of the creation and legitimation process of the One Foundation – the first independent charity foundation established by civic individuals in China. Our study shows that the coexisting and competing relationship among state, civil society, social mission, and market logics provides impetus for organizational change and innovation. This article theorizes a temporal model by showing that actors seek provisional solutions in different organizational stages and gradually develop capabilities to progress institutional work from individual to organizational and to societal level to achieve their goals. By showing how a charity foundation plays a role as a change agent, this article also sheds light on the condition and process that drive innovation in China's non-profit sector.

摘要:

摘要:

目前有许多研究运用制度视角来理解行动者如何应对多元制度逻辑并创造新的组织类型。尽管中国提供了一个自然的研究基地, 但是目前的理论框架不能有效解释在中国背景下, 新兴的非营利部门行动者如何应对制度的多元性。通过分析壹基金的成立和合法化的过程, 本文探讨了国家、市民社会、社会使命以及市场这四种制度逻辑的共存与冲突如何推动了组织变革与创新。我们提供了一个理论模型来解释行动者如何通过临时性的解决方案来积累资源与开拓能力, 并逐步实现其组织目标的过程。本文还解释了当前中国非营利机构推动组织创新的条件与过程

Keywords

institutional logicsinstitutional worknon-profit sectorsocial entrepreneurshiptemporal process
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 387 - 416
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Copyright © The International Association for Chinese Management Research 2016 

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