Structure, Content and Meaning of Organizational Networks

Structure, Content and Meaning of Organizational Networks
Author: Peter Groenewegen
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2017-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1787149293

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
Total Pages: 478
Release: 2015-08-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317345916

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
Total Pages: 769
Release: 2021-09-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108839975

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
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2020-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1800432364

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
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2022-11-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1803925787

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.

Organizational Networks

Organizational Networks
Author: Martin Kilduff
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-08-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780857025593

Drawing on the wealth of insights into organizational life accumulated over the past few decades, this collection takes stock of the foundations of research in this area, examines the status of the current work and identifies future directions for the field. Topics covered include theoretical and methodological foundations; social capital; strong ties, weak ties and structural holes; small worlds/network structures; centrality and power; social networks of entrepreneurship; identity, cognition and individual differences in social networks; and network dynamics.

Digital Transformation and Institutional Theory

Digital Transformation and Institutional Theory
Author: Thomas Gegenhuber
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2022-09-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1802622217

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
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2017-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1787434508

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
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2019-10-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1787565912

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
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2019-04-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1787691837

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.