The emerging processual view of institutions has eroded the assumption of institutional stability in favor of a more dynamic view of institutions as ongoing processes, thereby foregrounding the question of institutional stabilization. Grounded in a process ontology, we conceptualize institutions as ever-becoming yet enduring social processes that are meaningful and carry prescriptions for actors’ legitimate participation. Building on this conceptualization, we develop a theoretical model of the role of temporality in institutional stabilization that explores how three dimensions of institutions (meaning, prescriptions, participation) are each stabilized by a facet of temporality (temporal patterns, expectancies, mechanisms), as well as factors affecting each of these links. Our arguments contribute to writing on institutions in relation to temporality, agency and process.

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时间性在制度稳定中的作用：过程观

新兴的制度过程观削弱了制度稳定性的假设，取而代之的是一种更动态的制度观，即制度是持续的过程，从而突出了制度稳定性的问题。基于过程本体论，我们将制度概念化为不断变化但持久的社会过程，这些过程是有意义的，并为行为者的合法参与提供了处方。在此概念化的基础上，我们开发了时间性在制度稳定中的作用的理论模型，该模型探讨了制度的三个维度（意义、规定、参与）如何分别通过时间性的一个方面（时间模式、期望、机制）来稳定，如以及影响这些链接中的每一个的因素。