Organization Studies articles from March 2001

Organization Studies archives from March 2001

Trust and Control in Organizational Relations.
March 1, 2001... The phenomenon of trust has recently attracted enormous attention within organizational research and socio-economic theory. Both in intra- and trans-organizational relations, trust has been recognized as a central mechanism in the co-ordination...

Organization, Trust and Control: A Realist Analysis.
March 1, 2001... Abstract This paper develops a critical realist analysis of trust/control relations within and between complex organizations. It suggests that trust/control relations are most usefully seen as structures of interrelated...

Trust, Control and Post-bureaucracy [*].
March 1, 2001... Abstract This paper is a contribution to the analysis of intra-organizational trust. From a discussion of concepts of trust, we suggest that trust is something which is constructed for and by people in organizations, thereby producing some...

Trust, Control, and Risk in Strategic Alliances: An Integrated Framework [*].
March 1, 2001... Abstract Trust and control are inextricably interlinked with risk in strategic alliances. Hence, to understand how partner firms can effectively reduce and manage this risk, we need to examine the inter-relationships between trust,...

When 'Silence = Death', Keep Talking: Trust, Control and the Discursive Construction of Identity in the Canadian HIV/AIDS Treatment Domain.
March 1, 2001... Abstract When we trust someone, it is because we believe there is something about his or her behaviour that makes it predictable. From a control perspective, it means that their behaviour is subject to some type of control mechanism....

Chasing Shadows: Control, Virtuality and the Production of Trust[*].
March 1, 2001... Abstract In recent years, the topic of trust has become the focus of renewed attention in organizational theory and research and, in particular, where electronic distribution and associated 'virtual' forms of organizing are prevalent. The...

Trust, Power and Control in Trans-Organizational Relations [*].
March 1, 2001... Abstract This paper analyzes trust and power as means of co-ordinating trans-organizational relationships. It is argued that, depending on the institutional environment, there are two distinct patterns of controlling relationships, where...

Trust Within and Between Organizations. Conceptual and Empirical Applications.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Christel Lane and Reinhard Bachmann (eds.): Trust Within and Between Organizations. Conceptual and Empirical Applications 1998, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 334 pages. The pressures upon the management of organizations due to the...

Trust. A Sociological Theory.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Piotr Sztompka: Trust. A Sociological Theory 1999, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 226 pages. You cannot judge a book by its cover. However, in the case of Piotr Sztompka's recent study on the sociology of trust, I think it is...

The Re-engineering Revolution. Critical Studies of Corporate Change.(Review)
March 1, 2001... David Knights and Hugh Willmott (eds.): The Re-engineering Revolution. Critical Studies of Corporate Change 2000, London: Sage. 196 pages. This reader is a critical investigation of Business Process Re-engineering (BPR), looking into...

Storytelling in Organizations. Facts, Fictions and Fantasies.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Yannis Gabriel: Storytelling in Organizations. Facts, Fictions and Fantasies 2000, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 266 pages. Following the surge of interest in organizational culture and symbolism in the 1980s, stories in...

Risk and Sociocultural Theory -- New Directions and Perspectives.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Deborah Lupton: Risk and Sociocultural Theory -- New Directions and Perspectives 1999, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 191 pages. This book presents a variety of new perspectives on the perception of risk and the strategies that...

The Economics of Knowledge Production -- Funding and the Structure of University Research.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Aldo Geuna: The Economics of Knowledge Production -- Funding and the Structure of University Research 1999, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 205 pages. This book addresses the economics of knowledge in universities and, in particular, asks...

On the Front Line -- Organization of Work in the Information Economy.(Review)
March 1, 2001... 1999, New York: Cornell University Press. 318 pages. S.J. Frenkel, M. Korczynski, K.A. Shire and M. Tam: On the Front Line -- Organization of Work in the Information Economy This book is based on a 5-year study of over a 1000 employees...