Making trouble
The uses of “formal organization” as an institutional resource
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20193006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georgia Lepper (0000-0002-6876-9444, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-207 |
| Publication date | 1995-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Cultures Organizations and Societies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1024-5286 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10245289508523455 |
| OpenAlex | W2079071213 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
This study examines the ‘mechanisms of sustained and sanctioned rationality’ (Egon Bittner) in the maintenance of institutional boundaries. The methodology used is Categorization Analysis, the less frequently used form of Conversation Analysis. Through an analysis of the practices of reporting, the author seeks to show how ‘formal' organization is used as a background resource in the rational construction of the everyday ‘social' organizational activity, ‘making trouble’
Categorization · Conversation · Epistemology · Institutional analysis · Knowledge management · Rationality · Social science · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
Purity and Danger
Studies in ethnomethodology
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Lectures on Conversation
Philosophical Investigations
Studies in Social Interaction
Two Axes for the Analysis of ‘Commonsense’ and ‘Formal’ Geographical Knowledge in Classroom Talk
Categorization and the moral order
The Interaction Order
Activity types and language
The Interactional Study of Organizations
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2017 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |