Cultural Theory and Contemporary Management Organization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9891171 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Hendry (0000-0002-0168-1827, The Judge Institute of Management Studies, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CR2 1AG, United Kingdom, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 557-577 |
| Publication date | 1999-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001872679905200501 |
| OpenAlex | W2169324408 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 54 |
Mary Douglas's cultural theory of grid and group provides a framework for the description of three distinct cultural types corresponding to three logics for the legitimation of collectivity and collective coercion. Each type is distinguished by characteristic structures of classification, power, and moral order operating at the individual cognitive level. In this paper, the theory is used to illuminate some of the major developments in the structuring of business organizations in the late twentieth century, including the introduction of matrix, project and network organizations, the focus on de-layering, downsizing and outsourcing, and the emergence of concerns with cultural control, organizational learning, and core competence. The problems arising from these developments are discussed in terms of an unresolved conflict between the cognitive frameworks of two of Douglas's cultural types, market, and hierarchy
Epistemology · Hierarchy · Legitimation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Structuring · Business Strategy and Innovation · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Law · Management and Organizational Studies
Essays in the sociology of perception
Scientific knowledge
Organizations
Cultural perspectives on organizations
Markets and Hierarchies : analysis and antitrust implications
Organizational Culture
Wittgenstein
Cultures In Organizations
Organizations
Organizational Culture as a Source of High Reliability
Institutions of the Third Kind
Polyhedra and the Abominations of Leviticus
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
Information space
One-Dimensional Man
Risk and Culture
Natural Symbols
Measuring Culture
Organizational Change and the Corporate Career
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism
How institutions think
Risk and Blame
Making up Managers
Social Class, Speech Systems and Psycho-Therapy
Class, Codes and Control, Volume I
The Self as Risk Taker
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Central Problems in Social Theory
Cultural Perspectives on Organizations
Measuring Culture
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2020 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |