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Thinking Infrastructures
Av Martin Kornberger, Geoffrey C. Bowker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1374 kr
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This volume introduces the notion of Thinking Infrastructures to explore a broad range of phenomena that structure attention, shape decision-making, and guide cognition: Thinking Infrastructures configure entities (via tracing, tagging), organise knowledge (via search engines), sort things out (via …
University Collegiality and the Erosion of Faculty Authority
Av Kerstin Sahlin, Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist
Häftad, 2023
286 kr
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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.The higher education and research system faces a constant dilemma. On the one hand, research and higher education are run by autonomous, interrelated academic communities, often described as collegial governance. On …
Corporation, Corporate Governance and the Sustainable Transition
Av Tessa Tilde Barnow, Tessa Tilde Barnow m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1123 kr
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As the main agents of economic growth world-wide, corporations embody a paradoxical role in our current social and political order. They are increasingly viewed as legitimate partners and subjects of global governance and the sustainable transition, but they are also routinely involved in scandals …
Cross-cultural Analysis of Organizations
Av Samuel B. Bacharach, Miriam Erez m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1210 kr
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This series considers theoretical, methodological and research issues relevant to organizational sociology. It is specifically concerned with trying to specify the unique contributions of broad sociological theories and research techniques to the analysis of organizations. Both micro and macro …
Networks In and Around Organizations
Inbunden, 1999
1829 kr
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This work on networks in and around organizations is part of a series that considers the theoretical, methodological and research issues relevant to organizational sociology. Both micro and macro sociological approaches are emphasized.
Organizational Politics
Inbunden, 2000
1903 kr
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This work on organizational politics is part of a series that considers the theoretical, methodological and research issues relevant to organizational sociology. Both micro and macro sociological approaches are emphasized.
Social Capital of Organizations
Av S.M. Gabbay, Roger Th. A.J. Leenders m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1462 kr
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An influential concept in the social science literature, the theory of social capital, asserts that social actors gain resources through relationships with other actors. While social capital research has largely focused on individuals as the unit of analysis, this volume looks at social capital of …
Social Structure and Organizations Revisited
Av Michael Lounsbury, M. Ventresca
Inbunden, 2002
1434 kr
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This work brings together empirical research and thematic commentaries which chart out research directions for politically-inflected studies of organizational and institutional change. The chapters give practical voice to the theoretical questions and research designs of an emerging agenda for …
Postmodernism and Management
Inbunden, 2003
1148 kr
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Postmodern philosophy has had a profound effect on intellectuals throughout the world. Its influence has seeped into many fields other than philosophy including literature, psychology, sociology, political science, history, journalism and management. However, there is a debate within the …
Governance of Relations in Markets and Organizations
Av Vincent Willem Buskens, Werner Raub m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1462 kr
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Transactions often differ on important dimensions from spot exchanges on perfect neo-classical markets. Information is seldom complete and instantaneous exchange is just as rare as full competition. The authors in this volume extend the standard economic model stressing the proposition that the …
Legitimacy Processes in Organizations
Inbunden, 2004
1491 kr
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The purpose of this volume is to produce a collection of articles by leading social psychologists and organizational scholars that focus on legitimacy processes in organizations. Over the last two decades in social psychology within sociology, scholars have developed legitimacy theories that strive …
Transformation in Cultural Industries
Av Candace Jones, Patricia H. Thornton
Inbunden, 2005
1362 kr
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The cultural industries have been considered unique and out of the mainstream, not a subject for developing general theory, and therefore relatively understudied by organizational scholars. We argue it is no longer the case that cultural industries are so unique representing small markets and …
Professional Service Firms
Av Royston Greenwood, Roy Suddaby m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1790 kr
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This volume includes studies of organizations that deliver professional services, including accounting, law, and management consulting firms. These organizations are of importance for several reasons: they underpin the modern economy, enabling economic exchange; they constitute the 'intellect …
Sociology of Entrepreneurship
Av Martin Ruef, Michael Lounsbury
Inbunden, 2007
1564 kr
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This volume takes stock of entrepreneurship research within organizational sociology, critically examining the theoretical presuppositions of the field and situating extant research within the sociological canon. The contributors to this volume exemplify how the disciplinary lens of sociology …
Markets On Trial
The Economic Sociology of the U.S. Financial Crisis
Av Michael Lounsbury, Paul M. Hirsch
Inbunden, 2010
1472 kr
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Since the mid-20th century, organizational theorists have increasingly distanced themselves from the study of core societal power centers and important policy issues of the day. This has been driven by a shift away from the study of organizations, politics, and society and towards a more narrow …
Markets on Trial
The Economic Sociology of the U.S. Financial Crisis
Av Michael Lounsbury, Paul M. Hirsch
2010
2887 kr
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This Book Set of A & B.Since the mid-20th century, organizational theorists have increasingly distanced themselves from the study of core societal power centers and important policy issues of the day. This has been driven by a shift away from the study of organizations, politics, and society and …
Categories in Markets
Origins and Evolution
Av Greta Hsu, Ozgecan Kocak m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1631 kr
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Consumers, producers, critics, and other market agents rely on socially constructed categories like 'craft' beers, houseware 'collectibles', and 'thriller' films for their understanding of products and producers in markets. Although organizational and sociological accounts often take such …
Philosophy and Organization Theory
Av Haridimos Tsoukas, Robert Chia
Inbunden, 2011
1717 kr
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What is the relationship between philosophy and organization theory (OT)? While at first glance there might appear to be little, a closer look reveals a rich pattern of connections. More than any other type of human inquiry, philosophy helps make us self-aware of critical assumptions we tacitly …
Markets On Trial
The Economic Sociology of the U.S. Financial Crisis
Av Michael Lounsbury, Paul M. Hirsch
Häftad, 2011
718 kr
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Since the mid-20th century, organizational theorists have increasingly distanced themselves from the study of core societal power centers and important policy issues of the day. This has been driven by a shift away from the study of organizations, politics, and society and towards a more narrow …
Communities and Organizations
Av Chris Marquis, Michael Lounsbury m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1555 kr
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How does organizations' embeddedness in broader social and cultural communities influence their behavior? And how has this changed with recent communication technology advances and globalization trends? In this volume, we consider how diverse types of communities influence organizations, as well as …
Rethinking Power in Organizations, Institutions, and Markets
Av Damon Golsorkhi, David Courpasson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1500 kr
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Organizations are central actors of modern society. No understanding of our world is complete without a theory of how they work. This insight is grounded in the foundational texts of classical social theory, and it remains as true as ever today. Be they multinational corporations or start-up firms, …
Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice
Looking Forward at Forty
Av Richard Harrison, Alessandro Lomi
Inbunden, 2012
1846 kr
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The year 2012 was the 40th anniversary of the publication of Cohen, March, and Olsen's influential article "The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice", which offered a major new perspective on organizational decision making. To celebrate this enduring paradigm, its impact on our understanding …
Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy
From the Bureau to Network Organizations
Av Thomas Diefenbach, Rune Todnem By
Inbunden, 2012
1388 kr
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This special volume brings together leading scholars in the field of organisation studies to reflect on the universal phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks) and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks). The result is a colourful kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and …
Managing ‘Human Resources’ by Exploiting and Exploring People’s Potentials
Av Mikael Holmqvist, Andre Spicer
Inbunden, 2013
1429 kr
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Organizations are under constant pressure to be ambidextrous. They must be able to exploit existing processes, routines and systems at the same time as they must engage in exploration through playfulness, relaxed control and experimentation. We know little about the human costs and challenges of …
Religion and Organization Theory
Av Paul Tracey, Nelson Phillips m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1695 kr
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Both history and current events attest to the continued significance of religion in society. Despite the role and importance of the institution of religion, and the profound influence that religious organizations continue to exert, it occupies a curiously marginal place in organization theory. At …
Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research
Av Peer C. Fiss, Bart Cambre m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
1544 kr
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Some 20 years after the emergence of configurational theory as a key perspective in organization studies in the 1990s, this approach has yet to deliver on its promise. While we know that configurations the relative arrangement of parts and elements - matters, empirical research on configurations is …
Institutional Logics in Action
Av Eva Boxenbaum, Michael Lounsbury
Inbunden, 2013
1645 kr
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The Institutional Logics Perspective is one of the fastest growing new theoretical areas in organization studies (Thornton, Ocasio & Lounsbury, 2012). Building on early efforts by Friedland & Alford (1991) to "bring society back in" to the study of organizational dynamics, this new scholarly domain …
Institutional Logics in Action
Av Michael Lounsbury, Eva Boxenbaum
Inbunden, 2013
1745 kr
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The Institutional Logics Perspective is one of the fastest growing new theoretical areas in organization studies (Thornton, Ocasio & Lounsbury, 2012). Building on early efforts by Friedland & Alford (1991) to "bring society back in" to the study of organizational dynamics, this new scholarly domain …
Institutional Logics in Action
Av Michael Lounsbury, Eva Boxenbaum
2013
3312 kr
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The Institutional Logics Perspective is one of the fastest growing new theoretical areas in organization studies (Thornton, Ocasio & Lounsbury, 2012). Building on early efforts by Friedland & Alford (1991) to "bring society back in" to the study of organizational dynamics, this new scholarly domain …
Organisational Transformation and Scientific Change
The Impact of Institutional Restructuring on Universities and Intellectual Innovation
Av Richard Whitley, Jochen Glaser
Inbunden, 2014
1846 kr
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Recent changes to the funding and governance of higher education and scientific research systems are affecting both the organisation of the sciences and the nature of universities as strategic actors in many countries. Transforming the organisational contexts in which research is carried out has …
