The right to success: Paradoxical tensions between contested logics in a multi-sectoral collaboration to promote scientific excellence in Israel

IF 4.9 1区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

Organization Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI:10.1177/01708406231185976

Yael Ben David, Tammy Rubel-Lifschitz

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Abstract

The research examined the interplay between institutional logics in a multi-sectoral initiative. Taking a longitudinal approach, we tracked the first three years of an initiative that aimed to reduce social inequality by promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in Israel. We observed how the paradoxical dynamics between multiple logics unfolded over time, following the alternating dominance of business, civil and state actors. Results showed the initiative oscillated between a civil society logic, seeing STEM as a ‘springboard’ for equal opportunities and social change, and a market logic, seeing STEM as a ‘pipeline’ towards a technological workforce and economic profit. The state logic influenced this oscillation by converging with one of the two other logics, affecting both the working processes and the social impact of the initiative. We contribute to paradox theory by developing a process model of the paradoxical dynamics between multiple institutional logics in multi-sectoral initiatives. We identify three main mechanisms that drive this process: power shifts, logic divergence/convergence, and turning points. We suggest implications for the management of complex organizational environments.

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成功的权利：在以色列促进科学卓越的多部门合作中，有争议的逻辑之间矛盾的紧张关系

该研究考察了多部门倡议中制度逻辑之间的相互作用。采用纵向方法，我们跟踪了一项旨在通过促进以色列的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育来减少社会不平等的倡议的前三年。我们观察到，随着商业、公民和国家行为者的交替主导，多种逻辑之间的矛盾动态是如何随着时间的推移而展开的。结果显示，该倡议在公民社会逻辑和市场逻辑之间摇摆不定，公民社会逻辑将STEM视为机会平等和社会变革的“跳板”，市场逻辑将STEM视为通往技术劳动力和经济利润的“管道”。状态逻辑通过与另外两种逻辑中的一种融合而影响了这种振荡，影响了主动性的工作过程和社会影响。我们通过建立多部门倡议中多个制度逻辑之间的悖论动态过程模型，为悖论理论做出了贡献。我们确定了驱动这一过程的三个主要机制：权力转移、逻辑分歧/趋同和转折点。我们提出了对复杂组织环境管理的启示。

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Organization Studies MANAGEMENT-

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11.50

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