Organization Studies articles from December 1998

Organization Studies archives from December 1998

Editorial.(Editorial)
December 22, 1998... Birth, growth, happiness, decline and death are uncannily intertwined in life, in a way probably best expressed in the drama of William Shakespeare. The year that is drawing to a close allowed us to be happy about 25 years of EGOS activities...

Organizational Diversity and Change in Institutional Theory.
December 22, 1998... Abstract Institutional theory has focused on the movement towards, and maintenance of, isomorphic institutional environments. Unfortunately, little attention has been paid to the forces that change institutional environments. Starting with...

Cultural Theory and Organizations: Analytical Method and Cases.
December 22, 1998... Yehuda Baruch [*] Abstract Within the context of the ongoing debate on the understanding of organizational culture, this paper presents a cultural theory of organizations (grid/group analysis) originating in anthropology. It is a...

Covered by Equality: The Gender Subtext of Organizations.
December 22, 1998... Hans Doorewaard [*] Abstract This paper describes the results of an empirical study of the gender subtext in organizations. We examine the divergence of practice and impression of gender distinctions: gender inequality is still...

Charisma and the Archetypes of Leadership.
December 22, 1998... Abstract The following contribution attempts to develop a charisma model in the context of business organizations, based on a social-cognitive information processing approach in the perception of leadership. It tries to operationalize...

Towards a Geocentric Framework of Organizational Form: A Holistic, Dynamic and Paradoxical Approach.
December 22, 1998... Abstract Despite its increasing importance to the research and practice of organizational management, there is no consensus on how to describe, explain and prescribe network as an organizational form. Based upon the evidence of the Chinese...

Research Note: Asterix in Disneyland. Management Scholars from France on the World Stage [*].
December 22, 1998... Abstract In the light of the growing expansion in international scientific publication, three questions are posed here. First, to what extent do French-based authors contribute to international management journals? Second, what are the...

An Inside Story: The Birth and Infancy of EGOS.
December 22, 1998... Memories in Tribute to Franco Ferraresi [*] Abstract During a conference at NIAS (Wassenaar, The Netherlands) in the spring of 1973, Mike Aiken -- then still at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, USA), but on leave at the...

Restructuring Networks in Post-Socialism. Legacies, Linkages, and Localities.(Review)
December 22, 1998... 1997, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 360 pages. This volume combines detailed studies of the transforming economies in Eastern Europe with current network discussions in new economic sociology. The explicit purpose is to...

Korean Management: Global Strategy and Cultural Transformation.(Review)
December 22, 1998... 1997, Berlin and New York: de Gruyter. 268 pages. During the crisis affecting Asian economies in the winter of 97/98, the South Korean economy emerged at the forefront of these troubled nations. After decades of rapid economic growth and...

Antisocial Behavior in Organizations.(Review)
December 22, 1998... 1997, Thousand Oaks, London and New Delhi: Sage. 203 pages. This volume aims to provide an understanding of the various forms of antisocial behaviour in the workplace, and how they can be identified and managed. Antisocial Behavior in...

Pandemonium: Towards a Retro-Organization Theory.(Review)
December 22, 1998... 1997, London: Sage. 244 pages. Well, I enjoyed reading this book. Now that I have read it in order to write this review, I think I might have read it for pleasure (an invidious distinction), but, of course, this might not be true, since I...

Using Conflict in Organizations.(Review)
December 22, 1998... 1997, London: Sage. 229 pages. This book challenges the belief that conflict in groups and organizations should be prevented or resolved in order to maintain or enhance performance. It discusses how conflict can enhance individual...

How Honesty Testing Works.(Review)
December 22, 1998... 1996, Westport, CT and London: Quorum. 192 pages. With the demise of the polygraph, following the passing of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, honesty testing has come to be seen as an alternative approach. However, it has also become...

Masculinities in Organizations.(Review)
December 22, 1998... 1996, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: Sage. 210 pages. The latest volume in the 'Research on Men and Masculinities' series, Masculinities in Organizations, provides an interdsiciplinary, cross-cultural study of masculinities in organizational...