ABSTRACT The central contribution of this paper lies in showing a need to consider the complexity of interinstitutional systems, thereby more effectively relate rationality to context. Drawing on an institutional logics perspective, it presents a study of workplace training in a particular industrial sector in the UK: ceramic production. While identifying a vicious circle in the form of, what can be termed, a ‘high-quality/low-(formal-)skill’ system state, rather than simply privileging structure over action, findings show embedded individual agency. Besides being directed by goals, interests and self-seeking behaviour, a dominant logic for senior management personnel towards technology and home-based production was guided by issues of social identity and identification. ‘Nested’ in different opportunities and constraints presented at the levels of organizations and institutions, this individual-level logic was translated into not one, but two alternative corporate logics towards existing state-led intermediate-level workforce training arrangements. Both perpetuated a low-(formal-)skill situation in the sector.

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将合理性与背景联系起来：英国餐具行业的行业培训中的机构间复杂性和嵌入的个体机构

摘要 本文的核心贡献在于表明需要考虑机构间系统的复杂性，从而更有效地将理性与背景联系起来。它从制度逻辑的角度出发，对英国特定工业部门的工作场所培训进行了研究：陶瓷生产。在识别一种可以称为“高质量/低（正式）技能”系统状态的恶性循环，而不是简单地将结构置于行动之上时，研究结果显示了嵌入的个体能动性。除了受目标、利益和自我追求行为的指导外，高级管理人员对技术和家庭生产的主导逻辑还受到社会认同和认同问题的指导。“嵌套”在组织和机构层面呈现的不同机会和约束中，这种个人层面的逻辑被转化为不是一个，而是两个替代的公司逻辑，以实现现有的国家主导的中级劳动力培训安排。两者都使该行业的低（正式）技能状况长期存在。