Institutional dynamics in international organizations: : lessons from the recruitment procedures of the European external action service

• Autores: Zuzana Murdoch, Benny Geys
• Localización: Organization studies, ISSN 0170-8406, Vol. 35, Nº 12, 2014, págs. 1793-1811
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article examines how organizational designs develop by proposing a novel theoretical framework that views organizational change as resulting from a dialectic process between interpretive agents. The key claim is that existing formal procedures (such as recruitment processes, our empirical focal point) are subject to involved actors� interpretive efforts. This results in a bargaining situation based on the interpretations of the principal actors, which may induce a feedback loop whereby the original procedures are amended. The empirical relevance of the theoretical argument is illustrated via a case study of the hiring procedures in the European External Action Service.