Bezugnehmend auf Donna Haraways "cyborgization" beleuchtet die Studie das Konstrukt Frauen als Technologie und Technologie als Frauen. Dabei werden folgende Science-fiction Werke auf die Präsentation weiblicher Cyborgs untersucht: Machine Dreams (Film 1988); Stepford Wives (Buch und...

This book presents studies of ways in which people and organizations deal with the overflow of information, goods, or choices. The contributors explore two main themes. The first is the emergence of overflows: What is defined as overflow? Here the notion of framing as coined by Michel Callon has...

"In this timely book, Barbara Czarniawska and Bernward Joerges examine the hopes and fears around work and job security inspired by automation, from the original coining of the term 'robot' to the present day media fascination. Have these hopes and fears changed or do they remain the same? This...

Section I: Organising integration – where and when it starts, and how does it end -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Organising integrationAndreas Diedrich and Barbara Czarniawska (A developed version of "Aims and Rationale") -- Chapter 2: Alternative perspectives on immigrant accommodation to...

Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has over the past few decades developed into a practical, challenging and intriguing tool for studying organizing. Its unique approach brings to light the multiple ways that people, artifacts, institutions and organizations become intertwined. ANT-inspired studies...

"While the careers of secret agents have inspired many genres of popular culture, relatively little research has been carried out until now on spying as a profession. Through the lens of personnel management, the authors offer a unique and compelling analysis of secret service employee...