Organization Studies articles from March 1992

Organization Studies archives from March 1992

The nature of managerial work in the Chinese enterprise reforms. A study of six directors.
March 22, 1992... Abstract This paper applies a conceptual framework, developed by Boisot (1986), to an analysis of the behaviour of Chinese enterprise managers. In a replication of Mintzberg's 1973 study of US managers, six Chinese enterprise directors...

Leadership as social integrative action. A study of a computer consultancy company.
March 22, 1992... Mats Alvesson Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Abstract In this paper it is suggested that leadership, at least in some types of organizations, can be conceptualized as social integrative action....

Politics and pain in managing information technology: a case study from insurance.
March 22, 1992... Abstract Drawing on case study material, this paper explores the politics of career and resource competition that is a medium and outcome of IT investment strategies and system development priorities. This is achieved by examining the...

The problem of contract enforcement in economic organization theory.
March 22, 1992... Abstract Recently, economists have directed attention to the phenomenon of organization. An important difference between the newly developed economic theories of organization, such as for example agency theory, and sociological theories of...

Through a glass, darkly. A critique of Sanderlands and Drazin.
March 22, 1992... Abstract Aiming to undermine the terra firme of organization theory, Sandelands and Drazin's paper `On the Language of Organization Theory' at first sight provides a potentially important case of foundational criticism. On closer scrutiny,...

A research note: centralization of decision-making in Japanese factories.
March 22, 1992... Abstract Using the Aston Centralization of Authority scale, this paper shows that Japanese organizations vary in their level of overall centralization of authority in decisionmaking, and in the level at which decisions in particular areas...