Sociological Thinking in Contemporary Organizational Scholarship

• Autore: Clegg Stewart
• Pubblicazione: Leeds : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.9
• Soggetto topico: Organizational behavior; Sociology
• Altri autori: Grothe-HammerMichael VelardeKathia Serrano
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Foreword: Research in the Sociology of Organizations -- Sociological Thinking in Contemporary Organizational Scholarship -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is "Organizational Sociology" Today? -- 3. What Does the Community of Organizational Sociologists Look Like Today? -- 4. About the Papers -- Part 1: The Place of Sociology in Organizational Scholarship -- Part 2: Social Stratification in and Through Organizations -- Organizations Within Society: Organizational Perspectives on Status and Distinction -- Society Within Organizations: Organizational Perspectives on Social Integration and Marginalization -- Part 3: Rediscovering Sociological Classics for Organization Studies -- Reflexivity and Control -- Organizing and Organization -- References -- Part 1: The Place of Sociology in Organizational Scholarship -- Revitalizing Organizational Theory Through a Problem-oriented Sociology -- Organizational Research in Sociology -- Theoretical Ambiguity and Problem-oriented Sociology -- Engaging with Social Problems and Theoretical Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Organizational Sociology and Organization Studies: Past, Present, and Future -- Introduction -- Conceptual Considerations -- From "Accidental Outcomes" to "Organizational Sociology in a Narrow Sense" -- From Professionalization to Scientization: A Brief History of the Business School -- OS as a Settlement -- OS as a Network of Expertise -- Crises Revisited -- References -- Facing Up to the Present? Cultivating Political JUDGMENT and a Sense of Reality in Contemporary Organizational Life -- Introduction -- Judgment Undermined Amid Political Risks and Problems -- Facing Political Risks and Problems. ; Undermining Judgment Through "Rigor" and "Science" -- Undermining Judgment Through Metrics -- Re-enter "Political Judgment" and a "Sense of Reality" -- Political Judgment and Sense of Reality in Organizational Sociology and Theory -- Isaiah Berlin: "Sense of Reality" and "Political Judgment" -- Discussion and Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part 2: Social Stratification in and Through Organizations -- Organizations within Society: Organizational Perspectives on Status and Distinction -- Status in Socio-environmental Fields: Relationships, Evaluations, and Otherhood -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Status and Socio-environmental Issues -- 3. The Swiss Food Waste Field -- 4. Methods -- 4.1. Drawing the Field Boundaries -- 4.2. Designing the Survey -- 4.3. Conceptualizing and Measuring Status -- 5. Status Hierarchies in the Food Waste Field -- 5.1. Relational Status -- 5.2. Evaluative Status -- 6. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Organizations as Carriers of Status and Class Dynamics: A Historical Ethnography of the Emergence of Bordeaux's Cork Aristocracy -- Introduction -- A Historical Ethnography: Context, Data, and Methods -- Context -- Data Sources -- Coding and Measurement -- Analysis and Interpretation -- Findings: The Formation of a Cork Aristocracy -- A Material Transformation: The Fall of the Old Regime and the Ascendance of the New -- A Symbolic Transformation: The Transposition of Aristocratic Codes into the Wine World -- Discussion -- References -- Society within Organizations: Organizational Perspectives on Social Integration and Marginalization -- Organizations as Drivers of Social and Systemic Integration: Contradiction and Reconciliation Through Loose Demographic Coupling and Community Anchoring -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Tensions Between Pursuing Social and Systemic Integration. ; Conflicting Goals and the Production of Inequality Within Organizations -- Methods -- Findings -- Loose Demographic Coupling -- Community Anchoring -- Discussion -- References -- Why Organization Studies Should Care More about Gender Exclusion and Inclusion in Sport Organizations -- Introduction -- Doing and Undoing Gender -- Doing and Undoing Gender in Sport Organizations -- Formal Organizational Dimensions and Doing Gender -- Formal Organizational Dimensions and Undoing Gender -- Informal Organizational Dimensions and Doing Gender -- Informal Organizational Dimensions and Undoing Gender -- The Reproduction of Binary Orders in and Through Sport -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 3: Rediscovering Sociological Classics for Organization Studies -- Reflexivity and Control -- Narrating the Disjunctions Produced by the Sociological Concept of Emotional Reflexivity in Organization Studies -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Problematizing the Emotionalization of Reflexivity in Contemporary Sociology -- Becoming Emotionally Reflexive in Research -- The Impact of the Concept of Emotional Reflexivity -- A Methodological Prolegomenon -- Case and Methodology -- Deafness, Dogs, and Learning -- The Narrative -- Discussion: Toward a Conclusion and a Research Agenda -- References -- The Promise of Total Institutions in the Sociology of Organizations: Implications of Regimental and Monastic Obedience for Underlife -- Introduction -- The Concept of the Total Institution -- The Traditional Focus: Shaping New Selves -- A New Focus: Authority and Obedience in Voluntary Total Institutions -- Comparing Voluntary Total Institutions: Method and Material -- The Meaning of Obedience to Authority -- How Conceptions of Obedience Shape Conditions for Underlife -- Concluding Remark -- References -- Organizing and Organization. ; Why Organization Sociologists Should Refer to Tarde and Simmel More Often -- Introduction -- Gabriel Tarde (1843-1904) -- Georg Simmel (1858-1918) -- Prophets of Imperfection -- Because Fashion and Imitation are Key Phenomena in Contemporary Organizations -- Because They Will Help to Counter the "Identity Terror" -- Because Strangers are with Us -- Because Framing Photos is Not the Same as Framing Pictures -- Because Secret Organizations are Many, Though Rarely Studied -- Because They Wrote Well, Achieving Beauty without Perfection … -- References -- Organization Systems and Their Social Environments: The Role of Functionally Differentiated Society And Face-to-Face Interaction Rituals -- Introduction -- 1. Organizations as Social Systems -- 2. How Functionally Differentiated Society Affects Organizations -- 2.1. What Is Functional Differentiation? -- 2.2. How Functional Differentiation Works -- 2.3. How Functional Differentiation Affects Organizations -- 3. Face-to-Face Interactions within Organizations -- 3.1. What Gets Lost in Mediated Interaction -- 3.2. Interaction as Distinct Social Order -- 3.3. Rituals and Emotion -- 3.4. Why Are Rituals and Emotions Important in Organizations? -- 3.5. Power Rituals -- 4. Bringing it All Together: Interaction, Organization, and Society -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Breathing fresh life into a once lively dialogue, this is a valuable resource for navigating of the varied sociological scholarship we witness amongst today's organization scholars.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sociological Thinking in Contemporary Organizational Scholarship
• ISBN: 9781835495889; 1835495885
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910898683003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in the Sociology of Organizations Series