Organization Studies articles from July 2001

Organization Studies archives from July 2001

Globalization, Athletic Footwear Commodity Chains and Employment Relations in China [*].(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Globalization has hastened the growth of buyer-driven commodity chains that connect advanced country marketing or retail companies with contractors manufacturing in low-cost, developing countries. Allegations of labour...

Effects of Reputational Sanctions on the Competitive Imitation of Design Innovations [*].(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract This study examines whether and under what conditions reputational sanctions are a strong deterrent to imitative firm behaviour. Results indicate that reputational sanctions can be an effective barrier to imitation, in particular...

'Two-way Windows': Clinicians as Medical Managers [*].
July 1, 2001... Abstract This paper uses the metaphor of the 'two-way window' to understand the aspirations and activities of clinical directors (doctors with management responsibilities). Clinical directors work simultaneously with sets of ideas from...

Organizational Responses to an Environmental Bill of Rights.
July 1, 2001... Abstract Organizations are continually confronted by new regulatory pressures, but there is debate as to how much freedom organizations have to select a strategic response to such pressures. Organizations do not respond to a regulatory...

Institutionalized Mindsets of Invulnerability: Differentiated Institutional Fields and the Antecedents of Organizational Crisis [*].
July 1, 2001... Abstract Building on Scott's (1995) institutional theory framework, this article uses a microinstitutional approach to develop a model of the institutionalization of mindsets in a differentiated institutional field. This model is grounded...

The Production of Distrust by Means of Producing Trust [*].(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract ISO 9000 certifications are spreading throughout the world. ISO 9000 standards and certification should serve as a verification that it is justified to trust the ability of a supplier to produce quality goods. In this paper,...

Alan McKinlay and Ken Starkey (eds.): Foucault, Management and Organization Theory.(Review)
July 1, 2001... 1998, London: Sage. 246 pages. This collection of essays on Michel Foucault's contribution to organization theory has been written on Anglo-Saxon territory and with Anglo-Saxon fingertips. Of the fifteen contributors, twelve are based in...

Derek S. Pugh (ed.): The Aston Programme, Vols. I-III. The Aston Study and Its Developments.(Review)
July 1, 2001... 1998, Aldershot, Brookfield, Singapore and Sydney: Ashgate/Dartmouth. 1721 pages. As newspaper readers and TV watchers in many parts of the world, plus visitors to London in particular, will surely know, The Mousetrap, written by Agatha...

Elaine Steinberg: Just Business: Business Ethics in Action, 2nd. Ed.(Review)
July 1, 2001... 2000, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 302 pages. Business ethics is the study of ethics in business; it evaluates business actions, whether individual or collective, in the light of their moral adequacy. Concerns about the morality of...

D.S. Pugh, and D.J. Hickson: Great Writers on Organizations, 2nd. Omnibus ed.(Review)
July 1, 2001... 2000, Aldershot: Ashgate. 328 pages. This book describes the contributions of many prominent management thinkers who have had a great impact on organizational thinking and managerial behaviour. This second omnibus edition of earlier...

D. Faulkner, and M. de Rond (eds.): Cooperative Strategy: Economic, Business, and Organizational Issues.(Review)
July 1, 2001... 2000, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 397 pages. Cooperative Strategy: Economic, Business, and Organizational Issues addresses the state of current thinking in the field of cooperative strategy. Leading thinkers in the field of cooperative...

Rod Morgan and Malcolm D. Evans: Protecting Prisoners.(Review)
July 1, 2001... 1999, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 294 pages. Prisoners are a uniquely vulnerable social group, and protecting them from oppressive states has given rise to a complex web of standards generated by a variety of international mechanisms...