The purpose of this paper is to answer the question of how continuity and change coexist in the work of institutional actors who can combine maintenance, disruption and/or creation. Past studies mention this coexistence without an explanation.,The paper develops a perspective through literature review.,Institutional actors are both socialized into the norm-oriented space of continuity and maintenance through their reciprocal relations and associated social knowledge and roles and disciplined into the goal-oriented space of change and disruption/creation through their power relations and associated expert discourse and subject positions. Their institutional existence indicates a particular combination of reciprocity and power and thus their work includes changing degrees of maintenance, disruption and creation, depending on the nature of this combination.,The paper points out research directions on the relational conditions of the actors, which facilitate or constrain their work toward institutional continuity or change.,Organizations whose concern is to continue the existing practices in a stable environment should emphasize reciprocal relations whereas organizations whose concern is to change those practices for more effectiveness in a dynamic environment should emphasize power relations. Also, too much emphasis on either relations leads to inflexibility or instability.,The paper provides an explanation on the sources of coexistence of continuity and change in institutional work. It also contributes to the discussions on contingency of institutions, resistance productive of institutional change, reflexivity of institutional actors and intersubjective construction of institutional work.

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机构工作的连续性与变革并存

本文的目的是回答以下问题：机构参与者可以将维持性，破坏性和/或创造性结合起来，而持续性和变化如何共存。过去的研究在没有解释的情况下提到了这种共存。，本文通过文献综述发展了一个观点。制度参与者通过相互关系和相关的社会知识和角色，被社会化为以规范为导向的连续性和维持性空间，并被归入目标的权力关系以及相关的专家话语和主题位置，形成面向变革和破坏/创造的空间。他们的制度性存在表明互惠与权力的特殊结合，因此他们的工作包括改变维护，破坏和创造的程度，根据这种结合的性质。本文指出了行为者之间关系条件的研究方向，这些行为条件有助于或限制他们朝着制度的连续性或变革的方向努力。组织关注的是在稳定的环境中继续现有做法。强调互惠关系，而关注在动态环境中提高效率的组织应该强调权力关系。同样，过分强调任何一种关系都会导致僵化或不稳定。本文对机构工作的连续性与变化并存的根源进行了解释。它还有助于讨论制度的偶然性，产生制度变化的阻力，