Abstract
Drawing on the theory of social action in organizational and institutional sociology, this paper examines the behavioral consequences of plural logics of action. It addresses the question based on the empirical case of plural medical systems that are composed of both biomedicine and alternative medicine. Applying mixed methods of a cross-national panel data analysis and a content analysis of medical journal articles, it finds that plural systems affect health outcomes negatively when tensions between biomedicine and alternative medicine are unaddressed. In contrast, plural systems produce tangible health benefits when biomedicine and alternative medicine are coordinated through government policies or by health care organizations/professionals. This paper proposes plurality coordination as an important mechanism that modifies the behavioral consequences of plural logics. This proposition contributes to providing theoretical answers to the sociological puzzle that plural logics of action produce inconsistent behavioral consequences.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e0189841 |
| Journal | PloS one |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 Dec 1 |
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- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
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The coordination of plural logics of action and its consequences : Evidence from plural medical systems. / Shim, Jae-Mahn.
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