北大教育经济研究(电子季刊)

EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)InstituteofEconomicsofEducation,PekingUniversity5114200732006103111120065NCCT2006102003920054ISBBISS1963-/5114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)200732Howwas“ironcage”formed----CaseAnalysisofConstructionofAccreditationInstitutionforInternationalSchoolsinChinaYANFengqiaoAbstractTheconstructionofaccreditationinstitutionforinternationalschoolsinChinacanbedividedintotwostages,i.e.institutioninitiationandinstitutiondiffusion.Thefirststageischaracterizedwithdemandorientation.Itwasinitiatedbyaninternationalschoolandgotpositiveresponsefrominstitutionalsupplyside.Themainstreamofinstitutionaltheorypayslittleattentiontointerestandagency,anditcannotexplaininstitutionalinitiation.Byemployingconceptsofinterestandagency,wecanexplainwhytheinstitutionisinitiatedandrespondedincertainways.Thesecondstagewasinfluencedsignificantlybyinstitutionaldemandsideandaccomplishedthroughmobilizingsocialresourcesandcertainsocialnetworkbyinstitutionalsupplyside.Itaccordstoisomorphismandvariationbetweenthediffusedinstitutionandthediffusinginstitution.Therefore,theinstitutionaltheorycanexplainthephenomenainthesecondstage.Keywords:internationalschools,accreditation,institution,constructionprocess,caseanalysis5114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)2007335114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)200734(Beida)200735(Beida)200736NCCT2006422(Beida)200737www.wab.edu/2006115://www.ecis.org/2006115ECIS1965551002004CISECISCISNCCTCIS(Beida)2007385114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)2007395114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)20073105114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)20073115114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)2007312NCCTMTIMTINCCTMTINCCTNCCT(Beida)20073135114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)20073145114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)20073155114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)20073165114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)20073175114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)20073185114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)20073195114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)20073205114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)2007321[1][6][12][13][18]DiMaggio,PaulJ.andPower,WalterW.1983TheIronCageRevisitedInstitutionalIsomorphismandCollectiveRationalityinOrganizationalFieldsAmericanSociologicalReview,PP147-60.[2].199545[1995]130[3][22]Scott,W.Richard(2001)InstitutionsandOrganizations,P52,P108,ThousandOaks:SagePublications.[4][19][20]Meyer,JohnW.andRowan,B(1977)“InstitutionalizedOrganizations:FormalStructureasMythandCeremony”,AmericanJournalofSociology,11:PP345-56,341,352.[5]Rowan,B&C.G.Miskel.(1999)“Institutionaltheoryandthestudyofeducationalorganizations”.InJ.Murphy&K.Seashore-Louis(eds.),Handbookofresearchoneducationaladministration.PP359-383,SanFrancisco:JosseyBass.[7]Tolbert,PamelaS.andZucker,LynneG.(1999)“TheInstitutionalizationofInstitutionalTheory”inStewartR.CleggandCynthiaHardy(eds.)StudyingOrganization,PP169-184,ThousandOaks:SagePublications.[8]Scott,W.Richard(1994)“InstitutionalAnalysis:VarianceandProcessTheoryApproaches”inW.RichardScott,JohnW.MeyerandAssociates(eds.)InstitutionalEnvironmentsandOrganizations:StructuralComplexityandIndividualism,PP81-99,ThousandOaks:SagePublications.[9]Donaldson,Lex(1995)AmericanAnti-managementTheoriesofOrganization:ACritiquesofParadigmProliferation,P79,CambridgeUniversityPress.5114EconomicsofEducationResearch(Beida)2007322[10]Perrow,Charles(1986)ComplexOrganizations:ACriticalEssay,thirdedition,P173,NewYork:McGraw-HillPublishingCompany.[11]Brint,StevenandKarabel,Jerome(1991)“InstitutionalOrginsandTransformations:TheCaseofAmericanCommunityColleges”inWalterW.PowellandPaulJ.DiMaggio(eds.)TheNewInstitutionalisminOrganizationalAnalysis,PP345-355,Chicago:TheUniversityofChicagoPress.[14][15]DiMaggio,PaulJ.(1988)“InterestandAgencyinInstitutionalTheory”inLynneG.Zucker(ed.)InstitutionalPatternsandOrganizations:CultureandEnvironment,PP3-22,Cambridge:BallingerPublishingCompany.Powell,WalterW.(1991)“ExpandingtheScopeofInstitutionalAnalysis”inWalterW.PowellandPaulJ.DiMaggio(eds.)TheNewInstitutionalisminOrganizationalAnalysis,P183,Chicago:TheUniversityofChicagoPress.[21]Strang,DavidandMeyer,JohnW.(1994)“InstitutionalConditionsforDiffusion”inW.RichardScott,JohnW.MeyerandAssociates(eds.)InstitutionalEnvironmentsandOrganizations:StructuralComplexityandIndividualism,PP100-112,ThousandOaks:SagePublications.