Organization Studies articles from December 1995

Organization Studies archives from December 1995

'Having fun'?: humor as resistance in Brazil. (includes appendices)
December 22, 1995... Introduction The following paper is the result of collaboration between two writers who independently researched the introduction of corporate culture in two very different organizations, countries and continents. Despite these contextual...

Paradoxes of participation: textual analysis and organizational change.
December 22, 1995... Introduction This paper applies literary theory, concepts and methods to four accounts of organization change. Following social construction theory (Berger and Luckmann 1966), I study the texts in their role as advancing particular ideas about...

Rhetoric, discourse and argument in organizational sense making: a reflexive tale.
December 22, 1995... Prologue Drawing on participant observation research carded out over a twelve-month period in a telecommunications development and manufacturing company, it will be argued in this paper that . . . Hang on. Why are you starting in this way:...

Corporate ideology, diversification and firm performance. (includes appendix)
December 22, 1995... Introduction Since the early 1980s, there has been an increasing interest in corporate culture. The failure of many U.S. businesses motivated the business and academic communities to look for ways to improve competitiveness. The popularity of...

The role of professional associations in technology diffusion.
December 22, 1995... Introduction Rapid technological change and growth in the complexity of knowledge means that organizations face demands for a new type of efficiency based on adaptability and innovativeness (Clark and Staunton 1989; Hollingsworth 1991; Hage...

The new National Health Service: a case of postmodernism?
December 22, 1995... Introduction This article addresses the question of the utility of postmodernism for either the analysis or understanding of contemporary organizational restructuring. Specifically, the article examines whether the new organizational...