【預刊】（38卷）臺灣社工教育組織擴張與轉型的制度分析：1997年社工師法之影響

Institutional Analysis of the Organizational Expansion and Transformation of Social Work Education in Taiwan: The Influence of the Professional Social Worker Act in 1997

本研究關注臺灣社會工作教育的制度形成與制度擴散。1997年頒布《社會工作師法》，社工取得專業地位，2000年起多所一般╱技職大學成立社工系，可以組織生態論觀察此一現象。無論舊有還是新設，各大學社工系的教育宗旨、課程架構甚至師資組成都十分相像，此為制度同型所致。籌設科系過程中，組織必須尋求重要的外部資源，宜採資源依賴理論解釋。本文發現，某些技職院校採取權宜與規避策略以抗衡評鑑壓力，顯示制度中仍有空隙讓組織閃避同型機制的規訓；傳統社工系近來聘任非典型社工教師，鬆動本科師資為主流的制度規範，皆值得深入關注。

This study examines the institutional formation and diffusion of social work education in Taiwan. The Professional Social Worker Act of 1997 granted professional status to social workers, and since 2000, numerous universities have established social work departments. This phenomenon is explained by organizational ecology theory. Regardless of when they were established, the educational missions, curriculum structures, and faculty compositions of the various universities are highly similar, which is attributable to institutional isomorphism. Organizations must seek important external resources, and resource dependence theory is an appropriate approach to examine this trend. This study finds that certain technological colleges adopt expedient and avoidance strategies to cope with evaluation pressure, indicating the persistence of gaps that allow organizations to evade the discipline of isomorphic mechanisms. The recent hiring of atypical teachers in traditional social work departments has loosened the institutional norm of mainstreaming faculty. This tendency also warrants further exploration.