Structure, Content and Meaning of Organizational Networks
Structure, Content and Meaning of Organizational Networks

Author: Peter Groenewegen

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1787149293

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This volume explores recent advances in network research, strengthening theorizing on social structures and meaning in and between organizational networks. The volume will interest researchers seeking to explain organizational phenomena through the analysis of communications and information from archival/secondary electronic sources.

Organizations and Organizing
Organizations and Organizing

Author: W Richard Scott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-07

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 1317345916

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This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool for the reader, as we are all intertwined with organizations in one form or another. Numerous other disciplines besides sociology are addressed in this book, including economics, political science, strategy and management theory. Topic areas discussed in this book are the importance of organizations; defining organizations; organizations as rational, natural, and open systems; environments, strategies, and structures of organizations; and organizations and society. For those employed in fields where knowledge of organizational theory is necessary, including sociology, anthropology, cognitive psychology, industrial engineering, managers in corporations and international business, and business strategists.

Personal Networks
Personal Networks

Author: Bernice Pescosolido

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-09-16

Total Pages: 769

ISBN-13: 1108839975

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Combines classic and cutting-edge scholarship on personal social networks. A must-have resource for both newcomers and seasoned experts.

Aesthetics and Style in Strategy
Aesthetics and Style in Strategy

Author: Gino Cattani

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2020-10-12

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1800432364

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This book contains an Open Access chapter This volume is the first systematic survey of the interface between the aesthetic and strategic domains. The “aesthetic” turn in strategy encompasses the use of aesthetic features and style to create value, as well as the ways in which the useful and the beautiful can be brought together.

A Research Agenda for Social Networks and Social Resilience
A Research Agenda for Social Networks and Social Resilience

Author: Emmanuel Lazega

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2022-11-04

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1803925787

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This cutting-edge Research Agenda demonstrates how social network analysis can be used to address problems of social resilience and advance knowledge and policy intervention in the face of the existential crises that threaten our contemporary societies. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Digital Transformation and Institutional Theory
Digital Transformation and Institutional Theory

Author: Thomas Gegenhuber

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2022-09-23

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1802622217

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This volume contains two Open Access chapters. Digital Transformation and Institutional Theory explores how manifestations of digital transformation requires rethinking of our understanding and theorization of institutional processes.

Multimodality, Meaning, and Institutions
Multimodality, Meaning, and Institutions

Author: Markus A. Höllerer

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2017-12-06

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1787434508

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This volume focuses on the relationship between different modes in the emergence, diffusion, maintenance, and challenge of social meanings and institutions. The contributions demonstrate the potential of multimodal approaches to advance the design of rigorous methods of analysis for the study of multimodal communicative practices.

Managing Inter-Organizational Collaborations
Managing Inter-Organizational Collaborations

Author: Jörg Sydow

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2019-10-04

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1787565912

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This volume contains two Open Access chapters. Volume 64 of Research in the Sociology of Organizations takes stock of research on processes of inter-organizational collaboration and explores new topics that call for inquiry.

The Production of Managerial Knowledge and Organizational Theory
The Production of Managerial Knowledge and Organizational Theory

Author: Tammar B. Zilber

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2019-04-11

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1787691837

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This book applies a reflective and critical gaze on the production of knowledge within management and organization studies. Seasoned scholars reflect on how we carry out research to provide insights into the assumptions and practices we employ, and how they affect the production and consumption of managerial knowledge and organization theory.

Macrofoundations
Macrofoundations

Author: Christopher W.J Steele

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2020-11-26

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1839091592

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This volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations explores the institutional macrofoundations of action, providing an array of insights into the constitutive and contextualizing powers of institutions, and an agenda for further exploration of these themes.