Reconceptualizing Organizational Control : Managing in the Age of Hybrid Workplaces, Artificial Intelligence, and the Gig Economy / Markus Kreutzer and Jorge Walter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kreutzer, Markus, author.

Walter, Jorge, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational behavior--History--21st century.

Organizational behavior.

Management--History--21st century.

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 346 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2025]

Summary:

The COVID-19 pandemic, together with new developments in information and communication technologies, has brought about profound changes in organizations, with a surge in virtual, remote, and alternative working arrangements. This book presents a reconceptualization of organizational control theory for the 21st century

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Part I (Re-)introducing Organizational Control

1 Introduction

1.1 Organizational Control as a Fundamental Organizational Challenge

1.2 Pervasiveness, Relevance, and Timeliness of Organizational Control

1.3 What to Expect from This Book

1.4 What to Expect in This Book

1.5 Roadmap for Researchers and Practitioners

2 What Is Organizational Control?

2.1 Synthesis of a Definition

2.2 What Organizational Control Is Not

2.3 Appendix: Web of Science Search Query for Control Definition

Keyword List

Journal List

Search Query

3 A History of Organizational Control

3.1 Origins of Organizational Control

3.1.1 Ancient Bureaucracies

3.1.2 Scientific Management

3.1.3 The Human Relations Paradigm

3.1.4 Weber's Bureaucracy

3.2 Document Co-citation Analysis of the Organizational Control Literature

3.2.1 Data Collection and Analysis

3.2.2 Results

3.2.3 Reflection on the Intellectual Structure of Organizational Control

3.3 Key Theories and Assumptions Underlying Organizational Control

3.3.1 Behavioral Theory

3.3.2 Agency Theory

3.3.3 Transaction Cost Theory

3.3.4 Contingency Theory

3.3.5 Information Processing Theory

3.3.6 The Attention-based View

3.4 Organizational Control Theory

3.5 A Critical Perspective on Organizational Control

3.6 Organizational Control across the Ages

Part II Current State of Organizational Control

4 An Organizational Control Framework

4.1 Dimensions of Organizational Control

4.1.1 Control Target

4.1.2 Control Formality

4.1.3 Control Singularity

4.1.4 Control Direction

4.1.5 Control Style

4.1.6 Organizational Control Framework

4.1.7 Alternative Control Frameworks

4.2 Functions and Purpose of Organizational Control

4.3 Outcomes of Organizational Control

4.3.1 Outcome Categories

4.3.2 Level of Analysis Differences

4.3.3 Temporal Considerations

4.4 Key Contingencies

4.5 Meta-analytical Review of the Organizational Control Literature

4.5.1 Expected Organizational Control Relationships

4.5.2 Data Collection

4.5.3 Data Coding

4.5.4 Data Analysis

4.5.5 Results

4.6 Conclusion

4.7 Appendix: Web of Science Search Query for Meta-analysis

4.8 Appendix: ProQuest Central Search Query for Meta-analysis

Part III Quo Vadis Organizational Control?

5 The Future of Work Inside and Outside Organizations

5.1 Technological Trends

5.1.1 Advances in Information Technology

5.1.2 Renaissance of Artificial Intelligence

5.2 Demographic and Socio-cultural Trends

5.2.1 Increasing Workforce Diversity

5.2.2 Generational Differences in Attitudes and Values

5.2.3 Changes in Attitudes and Values across Generations

5.3 Organizational Trends

5.3.1 Electronic Surveillance at Work and Beyond

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009282734

1009282735

9781009282741

1009282743

9781009282765

100928276X