Organization Studies articles from March 1998

Organization Studies archives from March 1998

When groups consist of multiple nationalities: towards a new understanding f the implications.
March 22, 1998... Introduction In today's major corporations, task groups consisting of multiple nationalities abound, and the clear trend is towards even more of them in the future. Multinational groups (MNGs) of many types are evident: the management team of...

Pathways to legitimacy among consumer loan providers in New York City, 1914-1934.
March 22, 1998... Introduction One of the distinctive features of sociological, as opposed to economic approaches to understanding the evolution of organizational forms is the central role sociologists accord to institutions. In the context of organizational...

Indecent exposures: theorizing whistleblowing.
March 22, 1998... Introduction The term 'whistleblowing' is a relatively recent entry into the vocabulary of politics and public affairs, although the type of behaviour to which it refers is not wholly new. It is employed here to mean the process by which...

Institutional transformation and enterprise change in an emergent capitalist economy: the case of Hungary.
March 22, 1998... Introduction The radical political and economic changes in the former state socialist societies of Eastern Europe since 1989 transformed many of the dominant institutions affecting economic enterprises and their interconnections. The move from...

Philosophizing on strategic management models.
March 22, 1998... Introduction 'Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possibilities which enlarge our thoughts and free them from the tyranny of custom. Thus, while...

How far is a sociology of organizations still needed?
March 22, 1998... Introduction The sociology of organizations is clearly established and institutionalized as a major discipline within sociology. But to what extent does it retain specificity? Does it rely nowadays upon a distinctive domain or a common core?...

Culture and network institutions in Hong Kong: a hierarchy of perspectives. A response to Wilkinson: 'Culture, institutions and business in East Asia.' (response to Barry Wilkinson, Organization Studies, vol 17, p 421, 1996)
March 22, 1998... Introduction Barry Wilkinson's (1996) criticisms of the culturalist and institutionalist explanations of the structure of business in East Asian 'miracle' economies requires a response and a solution to the problems identified by his critique....