Organization Studies articles from May 2002

Organization Studies archives from May 2002

Governmentality matters: designing an alliance culture of inter-organizational collaboration for managing projects *.
May 1, 2002... Abstract The concept of governmentality was developed by Michel Foucault to address the specificity of contemporary neo-liberal forms of governance -- premised on the active consent and subjugation of subjects, rather than their...

The ties that bind: strategic actions and status structure in the US investment banking industry *.
May 1, 2002... Abstract We applied Giddens' (1979, 1984) structuration theory to investigate the US investment banking industry and found support for the notion that industry network structure impacts the strategic actions of the firms embedded in it,...

Enterprise discourse, professional identity and the organizational control of hospital clinicians *.
May 1, 2002... Abstract Recent reform of the healthcare sector in New Zealand involved the corporatization of public hospitals, and the contractualization of social relations between and within institutions. Various attempts were made to incorporate...

Mobilizing the logic of managerialism in professional fields: the case of academic health centre mergers *.
May 1, 2002... Abstract This paper presents a qualitative inductive analysis of attempts to re-order the bases of legitimacy in fields of professional organizations. Concepts from institutional theory, political science and social movement theory are...

Narratives of organizational identity and identification: a case study of hegemony and resistance *.
May 1, 2002... Abstract This paper focuses on issues of identity and identification in a UK-based institution of higher education (Westville (1) Institute). It is suggested that identity, both individual and collective, and the processes of...

Moral atmosphere and moral influence under China's network Capitalism *.
May 1, 2002... Abstract A weak legal system, weak civic accountability, market distortions, public cynicism, and workforces lacking moral self-efficacy, present challenges to moral integrity in Chinese mainland enterprises. Our predominantly qualitative...

Understanding Management Research: An Introduction to Epistemology. (Book Reviews).
May 1, 2002... Phil Johnson and Joanne Duberley: Understanding Management Research: An Introduction to Epistemology 2000, London: Sage. 224 pages. In case the criticisms that follow appear too harsh, let me begin by stating that, in my view, this...

The Politics of Social Networks--Interpersonal Trust and Institutional Change in Post Communist East Germany. (Book Reviews).
May 1, 2002... Astrid Hedin: The Politics of Social Networks -- Interpersonal Trust and Institutional Change in Post Communist East Germany 2001, Department of Political Science: Lund University. 288 pages. This book constitutes an interesting, good...

Grounded Theory in Management Research. (Book Reviews).
May 1, 2002... Karen Locke: Grounded Theory in Management Research 2001, London, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 148 pages. In spite of the number of books available on the subject, 'grounded theory' is a frequently mis-used term. When students tell me they...

Women in Management. Current Research Issues, Vol. 2. (Book Reviews).
May 1, 2002... Marilyn J. Davidson and Ronald J. Burke (eds.): Women in Management. Current Research Issues, Vol. 2 2000, London: Sage. 309 pages. Slowly but surely more and more women are becoming well educated and have positions at all hierarchical...

Building the New Managerialist State. Consultants and the Politics of Public-sector Reform in Comparative Perspective. (Book Notes).
May 1, 2002... D. Saint-Martin: Building the New Managerialist State. Consultants and the Politics of Public-sector Reform in Comparative Perspective 2000, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 247 pages. This book is about policy change and variation. The...

Regulations and Organizations. International Perspectives. (Book Notes).
May 1, 2002... Glenn Morgan and Lars Engwall (eds.): Regulations and Organizations. International Perspectives 1999. London: Routledge. 280 pages. This edited volume examines the nature of regulation, its evolution in particular sectors and its...

The American Experiment with Government Corporations. (Book Notes).
May 1, 2002... Jerry Mitchell: The American Experiment with Government Corporations 1999, New York: M.E. Sharpe. 202 pages. This book offers a reconsideration of the 'government corporation' -- and the spirit of re-invention that will adapt it to...

The Limits of Convergence. Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea and Spain. (Book Notes).
May 1, 2002... Mauro F. Guillen: The Limits of Convergence. Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea and Spain 2001. Oxford and Princeton: Princeton University Press. 282 pages. This book challenges the widely accepted notion...