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paradox of embedded agency: a standalone construct

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Institutional theory

the puzzle of how actors whose interests, intentions and rationality are shaped by an institution can nonetheless act to change that institution.

In institutional theory, paradox of embedded agency refers to the puzzle of how actors whose interests, intentions and rationality are shaped by an institution can nonetheless act to change that institution. This meaning comes from Holm (1995) in Administrative Science Quarterly.[1]

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agency6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs institution3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs paradox3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Holm, P. (1995). The Dynamics of Institutionalization: Transformation Processes in Norwegian Fisheries. Administrative Science Quarterly, 40(3), 398. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393791

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