This two-volume encyclopedia provides a thorough introduction to the wide-ranging, fast-developing field of social networking, a much-needed resource at a time when new social networks or "communities" seem to spring up on the internet every day.
In response to the theories that promise to lead us beyond bureaucracy into an era where products, services, and controls will be perfectly tailored to human needs, this work maintains that it is business as usual. Each chapter contains critiques of the postmodern theory of mode…
The teaching of organization theory and the conduct of organizational research have been dominated by a focus on decision-making and the concept of strategic rationality. However, the rational model ignores the inherent complexity and ambiguity of real-world organizations and th…
The SAGE handbook of organizational behavior
This milestone handbook brings together an impressive collection of international contributions on macro research in organizational behaviour. Focusing on core micro-organizational behaviour issues, chapters cover key themes such as individual and group behaviour. The SAGE Handb…
The SAGE handbook of organizational behavior
The chapters in this volume will address how macro-organizational behaviour knowledge frames and shapes specific substantive practices. The focus is on the effects of macro-organizational behavior as a practice.
The social sciences have sophisticated models of choice and equilibrium but little understanding of the emergence of novelty. Where do new alternatives, new organizational forms, and new types of people come from? Combining biochemical insights about the origin of life with inno…
The social sciences have sophisticated models of choice and equilibrium but little understanding of the emergence of novelty. Where do new alternatives, new organizational forms, and new types of people come from? Combining biochemical insights about the origin of life with inno…
A comprehensive overview of the current state of research, theory and practice drawn from the leading scholars and practitioners who have advanced our understanding of mentoring in the workplace! The Handbook of Mentoring at Work; Research, Theory, and Practice, provides a defin…
Critically constituting organization
by Chan, Andrew
fromAdvances in organization studies
The "Anthropology of Organisations" offers a critical overview of the work that for over sixty years anthropologists have been carrying out in and on organisations and of the contribution that this work has made to social theory at large. Moving beyond earlier preoccupations wit…