Organization Studies articles from February 1998

Organization Studies archives from February 1998

An organizational assessment of interfirm coordination modes.
February 5, 1998... Abstract Inter-firm relationships are coordinated to a large extent by non-market mechanisms. The objective of this paper is to identify which of these mechanisms are the most relevant, and how they can be theoretically and empirically...

Stories and experiments in social inquiry.
February 5, 1998... Abstract The dualism between idiographic case study and nomothetic comparative research methods often pointed to is seen to be reconcilable through paying attention to the processes by which social inquiry attempts to achieve...

Self-reports and CEO locus of control research: a note. (includes appendix)
February 5, 1998... Abstract The body of knowledge in organizational and management research is based, to a large extent, on same-source self-report data. Although several scholars seriously doubt the validity of such findings, this methodology has also been...

Embedded firms, embedded knowledge: problems of collaboration and knowledge transfer in global cooperative ventures.
February 5, 1998... Abstract Research on global cooperative ventures has tended to focus on governance forms and task structures. This study highlights the importance of knowledge structures and work systems in influencing the success of collaborative...

Essai: business ethics and Bauman ethics.
February 5, 1998... The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe' (Doctor McCoy, in: Star trek IV: The Journey Home) Introduction According to Zygmunt Bauman (1989, 1993) organizations (and society in general) try to 'straightjacket' people's...

An inside story: tales from the field - doing organizational research in a state of insecurity.
February 5, 1998... Abstract Doing successful organizational research is difficult. Doing the same in difficult circumstances proves worthy of discussion. This short paper illustrates the realities experienced by a management researcher while doing doctoral...