Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Sociology of Organizations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20043882 |
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| Authors | Mary Godwyn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Exploring the connections between critical and contemporary social theory and the sociology of culture (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4337/9781839103261.00008 |
| OpenAlex | W4283699629 |
| ISBN | 9781839103261 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Sociology of organizations is a distinct field within sociology that examines how the structure of the group influences, limits, and defines human interactions within a given organizational context. The literature and schools of thought within sociology of organizations has become vast and diverse. In this introduction, I focus on the origin of the field and the continued tension between the rational bureaucratic approach represented in the writing of Max Weber and relational approach established in the work of Mary Parker Follett
Bureaucracy · Epistemology · Geography · Industrial sociology · Management · Organizational theory · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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