Research handbook on the sociology of organizations / edited by Mary Godwyn, Professor of Sociology, History and Society Division, Babson College, USA.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Godwyn, Mary, editor.

Series:

Research Handbooks in Sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Industrial.

Organizational sociology.

Organizational behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

"With original contributions from leading experts in the field, this cutting-edge Research Handbook combines theoretical advancement and the newest empirical research to explore the sociology of organizations. Covering the major theoretical foundations of the topic, this innovative Research Handbook analyses critical and contemporary sociological theory, and examines the purposes and goals of a diverse range of organizations in a variety of contexts. Chapters detail original research that investigates labour relations, ethical and sustainable environmental practices, race, gender, class, sexuality, media, religion, politics, and alternative economic models to capitalism. This volume concludes with a consideration of power relations, looking at organizations as mesa-level mediators of individual and societal outcomes. This Research Handbook on the Sociology of Organizations will prove an engaging and informative read for students and scholars of organization studies, labour policy, sociology, political science, economics, management, philosophy, and social psychology. With its global, interdisciplinary scope, it will also be invaluable to practitioners and policymakers working within a vast range of organizations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Sociology of Organizations

PART I SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY OF ORGANIZATIONS

1. The organization of higher education: an overview of sociological research into universities as organizations

2. Decisional organization theory: towards an integrated framework of organization

3. A critical management studies approach to big data

4. Carceral goals: the role of corrections officers in organizational goal attainment

5. Do organizations have a purpose? The symbolic constructivism test

6. Organizational legitimacy and legitimizing myths

7. Dialectical network analysis: a critical approach for researching networks in management and organization studies

8. The importance of empathy and compassion in organizations: why there is so little, and why we need more

9. Where words speak louder than actions: values, strategy and action in globalizing education - how successful IB schools are made

10. Exploring the connections between critical and contemporary social theory and the sociology of culture

11. Entrepreneurial hybridity: concept and context in creative and cultural organizations

12. Theory, practice and bricolage: recombobulating agencies and reorienting resistance to neoliberalization of the (post-) welfare state

13. A world polity view on reorganization and institutional change in natural resources management

14. The influence of organizational structures on police decision-making on stop, question and frisk

PART II EMPIRICAL RESEARCH: WORKPLACE EXPERIENCES AND CASE STUDIES

15. Rationalizing work through occupational communities in independent games development

16. Religion at work: the Quaker paradox

17. Charisma and charismatic leadership in organizations.

18. Organizations and power: a critical evaluation of the rise of performance measurement

19. Autonomist leadership and organizational practice in leaderless street bands

20. Contemporizing the social organization of parole: a critical assessment

21. Professionalization and the politicization of civil society organizations in Sierra Leone

22. Getting real about research: lessons learned from a worker training evaluation project

23. Career development opportunities: a sociological and practitioner exploration of organizational commitment factors, theories, and outcomes

24. Resistance and resilience among tattoo workers

PART III ORGANIZATIONS AS MESO-LEVEL MEDIATORS OF INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETAL OUTCOMES

25. Synergies between school leaders and communities in challenging urban schools: a review of organizational dynamics and the urban schools' continuum

26. Critical realist metatheory and the sociology of organizations: using contrastive explanation to explain personal internet use at work

27. Exploring relations of power in Quakers' alternative forms of organizing

28. The dialectic of changing corporate masks: from profit maximizers to predators to socially responsible global leaders

29. Organizing values: the principles of rationalization and individualization

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Godwyn, Mary Research Handbook on the Sociology of Organizations

ISBN:

9781839103261