Organization Studies articles from November 2000

Organization Studies archives from November 2000

Ordinary Theorists in Mixed Industries [*].
November 1, 2000... Abstract In this article, the collective knowledge of practitioners, expressed in narratives and translated into a rigorous form (cognitive maps) is considered as a useful contribution to theory building. The article discusses the...

Redirecting Critique in Postmodern Organization Studies: The Perspective of Foucault [*].
November 1, 2000... Abstract Foucault's concepts of freedom and resistance are examined to determine how they may feed into theorizing the Kantian 'question of the present' for postmodern organizational analysis. This paper takes a measure of how reflexivity...

Relational Demography and Relationship Quality in Two Cultures [*].
November 1, 2000... Abstract Prior research has shown that demographic similarity between supervisors and subordinates shapes supervisor-subordinate relationship quality in US settings. The current study extends this body of research by comparing effects in a...

Technology Adoption: Organizational Learning in Oil Firms.
November 1, 2000... Abstract What makes the adoption of technology in some firms a successful process, while others experience difficulties? Based on a retrospective case study, this paper compares the process of adopting horizontal drilling technology in two...

Towards a Process Model of Corporate Greening.
November 1, 2000... Abstract Internal processes of corporate greening have received little scholarly attention. A two-study investigation of consumer-goods producers, implementing environmental management and subject to the 1991 German Packaging Ordinance...

If Ethics Is the Answer, You Are Asking the Wrong Questions. A Reply to Martin Parker.
November 1, 2000... Background In OS Volume 20/1 Martin Parker contributed an article, 'Capitalism, Subjectivity and Ethics: Debating Labour Process Analysis', in which he examined two camps within the UK labour process debate, and suggested the differences...

Global Management.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Stewart R. Clegg, Eduardo Ibarra-Colado and Luis Bueno-Rodriquez: Global Management. Universal Theories and Local Realities 1999, London, Thousand Oaks, and New Delhi: Sage. 308 pages. The issue of the universal applicability of...

Frontiers of Research in Economc Theory.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Lex Hoogduin [*] D.P. Jacobs, E. Kalai and M.I. Kamien (eds.): Frontiers of Research in Economc Theory. The Nancy L. Schwartz Memorial Lectures, 1983-1987 (Econometric Society Monographs 29) 1998, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press....

Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research: A Practical Guide.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Gillian Symon and Catharine Cassell (eds.): Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research: A Practical Guide 1998, London: Sage. 255 pages. Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research: A Practical Guide,...

Strategic Human Resource Management.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Christopher Mabey, Graeme Salaman and John Storey (eds.): Strategic Human Resource Management. A Reader 1998, London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: The Open University/Sage. 334 pages. Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) is an...

Organizational Change -- Sociological Perspectives.(Review)
November 1, 2000... 1998, London: Routledge. 214 pages. David Collins: Organizational Change -- Sociological Perspectives This book is a comprehensive analysis of change management in organizations, in the light of wider sociological perspectives. It...

International and Cross-Cultural Management Research.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Jean-Claude Usunier: International and Cross-Cultural Management Research 1998, London: Sage. 195 pages. The increasingly global environment has led to both a greater practical need for international management research and a...

Qualitative Studies of Organizations.(Review)
November 1, 2000... John van Maanen: Qualitative Studies of Organizations 1998, Administrative Science Quarterly and Sage. 360 pages. This book is designed to focus and stimulate thinking on those areas of administrative science that have most profoundly...

Beyond Management.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Ian Lennie: Beyond Management 1999, London: Sage. 160 pages. Beyond Management explores the relevance of new insights in cultural studies and social theory to the theory and practice of organization. The book relates the everyday...

Errata.(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2000... We would like to correct two errors that occurred in issue 21/4. (1.) In the Table of Contents of page iii, the paper by Wright et al., 'Development Teams' should read 'Development Teams', as on the cover and at the head of the paper. ...

EGOS Network.
November 1, 2000... An informal electronic EGOS forum was set up in September 2000 to bring together Ph.D. students, junior academics and researchers to promote participation and communication among those who are part of the EGOS community. The aim of the EGOS...