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First edition. |
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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Research in the sociology of organizations ; vol. 57
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Research in the sociology of organizations ; vol. 57.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Toward Permeable Boundaries of Organizations?; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Authors; Introduction; Toward Permeable Boundaries of Organizations?; Organizations as Closed and Open Systems; Toward Permeable Boundaries of Organizations? Recent Developments in Systems Theory and New Institutionalism; Systems Theory; New Institutionalism; Empirical Trends; Advances in Information and Communication Technologies; Increasingly Dynamic Field and Markets; Invasive Transparency Regimes; Meta-organizations; Contributions to the Volume; Conceptualizing Organizational Boundaries. |
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Boundaries and Intraorganizational ProcessesExtending Boundaries: Meta-organization and Organizational Networks; Boundaries and Organizational Fields; Conclusion; References; Section 1 Conceptualizing Organizational Boundaries; Accounting, Boundary-making, and Organizational Permeability; Introduction; The Accounting Entity Assumption: Proprietorial or Social?; Boundaries of Control: What Is a Group?; Critical Accounting: "Bringing Society Back in"; Keeping Society Out: Accounting and Economization; The Responsive Organization: Accounting, Actorhood, and Stakeholders. |
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Discussion and ConclusionsAcknowledgments; References; Boundaries of Visibility in the Age of Transparency: An Integrative Conceptualization; Introduction; Transparency Research: Verifiability and Performativity; Frontstage/Backstage: A Theatrical Metaphor; Organizations and Operative Closure; Organizational "Imperfections"; Organizational Responses to Demands for Transparency; Examples; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Collaboration as an Organization Design for Shared Purpose; Shared Purpose and Its Impediments; Foundations of Shared Purpose. |
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Four Challenges in Scaling-up Value-rationalityValues: Fragmentation; Norms: Goal Displacement; Authority: Centralization; Capabilities: Specialization; From Collegiality to Collaboration; Values: Institutionalizing an Ethic of Contribution; Norms: Interactive Process Management; Authority: Participative Centralization; Capabilities: T-shaped Skills; Discussion and Conclusion; Moderators and Boundary Conditions; Future Research; Notes; References; Platform Organizing in the New Digital Economy: Revisiting Online Communities and Strategic Responses; Introduction. |
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Platform Organizations in the Sharing EconomySharing Economy: A Prime Example of the New Digital Economy; Platform Organizations: Powering the Sharing Economy; Hybrid Communities in the Sharing Economy; Hybrid Communities: Mirroring the Boundary-blurring Nature of the Sharing Economy; The Form of Hybrid Communities; Strategic Implications from a Resource Dependence View; Resource Dependence Theory and Its Contemporary Relevance; Dependence of a Platform Organization on Its Hybrid Community; Strategic Responses to Dependency on a Hybrid Community; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References. |
| Summary |
The classical concept of organizations as solitary 'walled-in' actors with clear operational boundaries is increasingly being challenged. This volume examines why, examines the impact of these changes on organizations and offers conceptual and empirical insights. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Boundaries.
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Boundaries. |
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Associations, institutions, etc.
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Associations, institutions, etc. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ringel, Leopold, editor.
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Hiller, Petra.
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Zietsma, Charlene.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Toward Permeable Boundaries of Organizations?. First edition. Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018 1787438295 9781787438293 (OCoLC)1028900943 |
| ISBN |
9781787438286 (electronic book) |
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1787438287 (electronic book) |
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9781787439917 |
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1787439917 |
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9781787438293 |
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1787438295 |
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