Organization Studies articles from June 2003

Organization Studies archives from June 2003

The institutional structuring of organizational capabilities: the role of authority sharing and organizational careers.
June 1, 2003... Abstract The development of competitive competences in firms involves the generation of core employee commitment to collective problem solving and the development of firm-specific capabilities. Such commitment is often gained through...

Organizing education by drawing on organization studies.
June 1, 2003... Abstract This study explores how scholars researching organizations and organizing processes can use and exploit their knowledge not only in terms of course contents, but also in organizing and managing students' learning activity. A...

Challenging racial silences in studies of emotion work: contributions from anti-racist feminist theory.
June 1, 2003... Abstract Little or no attention has been paid to the racialized dimensions of the emotion work done by individuals as part of their paid jobs. I argue that this exclusion of racial analyses is symptomatic of a static conceptualization of...

Effectiveness of dyadic and multi-party joint ventures.
June 1, 2003... Abstract Using data from 80 joint-venture (JV) experiences, this article compares the influence on JV effectiveness of two alternative ways of management: relational investment and formal control. Our results show that the adoption of one...

Managing intersecting R&D social communities: a comparative study of European 'knowledge incubators' in Japanese and American firms.
June 1, 2003... Abstract Georg Simmel's notion of intersecting group affiliations is used to analyze the situation of European R&D personnel employed by Japanese and American corporations. The fact that foreign R&D personnel belong to multiple research...

The complexity of rule systems, experience and organizational learning.
June 1, 2003... Abstract In this article, we analyse organizational learning that is based on formal organizational rules. Organizational rules provide procedures for problem solving. However, whether rules are useful as media of organizational learning...

D. Holman and R. Thorpe (eds); Management and Language. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... 2002, London: Sage Publications. 196 pages. [pounds sterling]65, ISBN 0761969071 (hbk); [pounds sterling]21.99, ISBN 076196908X (pbk) Over the last decade or so there has been a significant increase in the study of language in...

Martin Parker: Against Management. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... 2002, Cambridge: Polity Press. 256 pages [pounds sterling]50, ISBN 0745629253 (hbk); [pounds sterling]14.99, ISBN 0745629261 (pbk) There has been a growing debate in the last few years regarding how well management is both understood and...