Collective action in organizations : interaction and engagement in an era of technological change / / Bruce Bimber, Andrew J. Flanagin, Cynthia Stohl [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Bimber Bruce A (Bruce Allen), <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 322.40973
• Soggetto topico: Lobbying - United States; Pressure groups - United States; Associations, institutions, etc - United States
• Classificazione: POL040000
• Persona (resp. second.): FlanaginAndrew J.; StohlCynthia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: 1. Involvement in organizational collective action in an era of technological change; 2. The contemporary media environment and the evolution of boundaries in organization-based collective action; 3. The collective action space; 4. The American Legion, AARP, and MoveOn in collective action space; 5. Exploring collective action space; 6. Participatory styles, the individual, and the contemporary organization.
• Sommario/riassunto: Challenging the notion that digital media render traditional, formal organizations irrelevant, this book offers a new theory of collective action and organizing. Based on extensive surveys and interviews with members of three influential and distinctive organizations in the United States - The American Legion, AARP and MoveOn - the authors reconceptualize collective action as a phenomenon in which technology enhances people's ability to cross boundaries in order to interact with one another and engage with organizations. By developing a theory of Collective Action Space, Bimber, Flanagin and Stohl explore how people's attitudes, behaviors, motivations, goals and digital media use are related to their organizational involvement. They find that using technology does not necessarily make people more likely to act collectively, but contributes to a diversity of 'participatory styles', which hinge on people's interaction with one another and the extent to which they shape organizational agendas. In the digital media age, organizations do not simply recruit people into roles, they provide contexts in which people are able to construct their own collective experiences.
• Titolo autorizzato: Collective action in organizations
• ISBN: 1-139-23403-X; 1-107-22305-9; 1-280-87890-8; 1-139-23249-5; 9786613720214; 0-511-97877-4; 1-139-23026-3; 1-139-22881-1; 1-139-23326-2; 1-139-23173-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790302903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Communication, society and politics.