TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutionalization as an interplay between actions, meanings, and actors
T2 - The case of a rape crisis center in Israel
AU - Zilber, Tammar B.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - In this article, I present an analysis of institutionalization as an interplay between three interrelated yet separate components - actors, actions, and meanings. Drawing on ethnographic data of a rape crisis center in Israel, where the entry of therapeutically oriented members resulted in the infusion of new meanings into originally feminist practices, I examine the role of organization members as carriers of institutions and their (possible) agency in infusing actions with meanings through interpreration; how meanings connect actors with actions; and institutional meanings as political resources.
AB - In this article, I present an analysis of institutionalization as an interplay between three interrelated yet separate components - actors, actions, and meanings. Drawing on ethnographic data of a rape crisis center in Israel, where the entry of therapeutically oriented members resulted in the infusion of new meanings into originally feminist practices, I examine the role of organization members as carriers of institutions and their (possible) agency in infusing actions with meanings through interpreration; how meanings connect actors with actions; and institutional meanings as political resources.
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U2 - 10.2307/3069294
DO - 10.2307/3069294
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AN - SCOPUS:0036003230
SN - 0001-4273
VL - 45
SP - 234
EP - 254
JO - Academy of Management Journal
JF - Academy of Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -