This handbook provides a forum for leading researchers in organization theory to reflect on their own discipline: how it has developed and why; what sorts of knowledge claims it regards as acceptable and why; and where it may be, or should be, going.
The central question explored in this work is the epistemological status of organization theory as a policy science.
This handbook investigates paradoxes across various organisational phenomena and levels of analysis.
This title examines how contemporary currents in sociology and social theory have influenced the field of organisation studies.
Mapping the organizational identity (OI) field -- Critical perspectives on OI -- Integrative models of OI -- How individuals relate to OI -- Sources and processes of OI -- OI and the environment -- Implications of OI
The aim of this Handbook is to re-assert the importance of classical sociology to the future of organization studies.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmensführung, Management, Organisation, Växjö Universitet, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Organization Theory and its many insights into the twists and turns of organizations have ...
Contemporary society and its organisations are in a period of accelerated, profound change. In this book, leading sociology and organsational scholars consider how 'classic' sociologists can help make sense of change.
Presents cutting-edge theories and research from leading scholars on how to understand and manage organization change initiatives.
This volume contains a range of theoretically informed essays, which give comprehensive coverage of changes in work, occupations, and organizations.
Revised edition of: Oxford handbook of positive psychology and work / edited by P. Alex Linley, Susan Harrington, Nicola Garcea. -- Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.