Some 20 years after the emergence of configurational theory as a key perspective in organization studies in the 1990s, this approach has yet to deliver on its promise. While we know that configurations the relative arrangement of parts and elements - matters, empirical research on configurations...

The papers included in the volume explore how mobilizing Boltanski and Thévenot's EW framework helps address questions regarding the premises and dynamics of agreement and disagreement in coordinated action, both within and across organizations, and by so doing, help advance our understanding...

As organizational scholars, we are accustomed to using theoretical lenses to understand organizational practices and outcomes. That is, we conceptualize what people do, feel and think in their everyday organizational interactions through the use of theoretical language and models to uncover...

Abstract Der Aufsatz behandelt Aspekte der Netzwerkdebatte, die für eine soziologische Deutung der Gegenwartsgesellschaft empirisch wie theoretisch wichtig sind. Zunächst diskutiert er das Konzept der „Netzwerkgesellschaft“ von Castells als Beispiel für die Promotion des Netzes zur...

"This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of how organizations can responsibly embrace complex problem-solving and creative decision making, offering essential practical tools and critical guidelines"--Provided by publisher.

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's theory of social practice this paper develops a novel approach to the study of CSR. According to this approach, pro-social activities are conceptualized as social practices that are employed by individual managers in their personal struggles for social power. Whether...