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103: Bringing Work Back In — Barley & Kunda
Work has slipped increasingly into the background as organizational theory converged on the study of strategies, structures, and environments as its central and defining interests Barley & Kunda...
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104: Social Structure & Organizations — Stinchcombe
Arthur Stinchcombe In a famous chapter in James G. March’s 1965 book, Handbook of Organizations, Arthur L. Stinchcombe laid out a case for expanding the study of organizations outward to include...
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105: Manifest & Latent Roles — Alvin Gouldner
Alvin Gouldner For this episode, we return to Alvin Gouldner (who we previously covered in Episode 78) – this time for his work in latent role identities. Gouldner wrote this 2-piece article,...
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106: The Study of Organizations Across Disciplines
Center for Advanced Study in Behavior Sciences (CASBS)* A Conversation from the CASBS Summer Institute on Organizations and Their Effectiveness at Stanford University, California With Woody Powell and...
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107: Institutionalized Rules and Formal Structures — Meyer & Rowan
John Meyer In 1977, prevailing theories of organization were based on a rational perspective that organizations established their formal structures to be as effective and efficient as possible....
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108: Presentation of Self in Everyday Life – Goffman
Erving Goffman Erving Goffman’s 1959 book The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life was an important attempt at explaining both apparent and hidden human behaviors across social and organizational...
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109: Emergence of Mental Health Professions – Abbott
Andrew Abbott In Episode 67, we explored how Andrew Abbott’s The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor (1989) re-shaped the study of professions by bringing a systemic focus...
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110: Organizations and Law – Lauren Edelman
Lauren Edelman Lauren Edelman (May 11, 1955 – Feb 7, 2023) was an outstanding scholar of organizations and its interface with legal systems. To commemorate the one-year anniversary of her passing, we...
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111: Visible & Invisible Work – Susan Leigh Star
Susan Leigh Star Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) began as a community of scholars focusing on work might change due to the introduction and employment of automated systems. According to...
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112: Hierarchies & Promotion – The “Peter Principle”
Lawrence J. Peter While not everyone has heard of the so-called “Peter Principle,” virtually everyone has experienced it as either a member of a hierarchical organization or as a customer or other...
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