Towards permeable boundaries of organizations? /

• Other Authors: Ringel, Leopold (Editor), Hiller, Petra (Editor), Zietsma, Charlene (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Series: Research in the sociology of organizations ; v. 57.
• Subjects: Boundaries.; Associations, institutions, etc.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Sociology: work & labour.

The classical concept of organizations as comprising solitary 'walled-in' actors with clear operational boundaries is increasingly being challenged. On the one hand, established organizational forms have been supplemented by a whole variety of new ones that only partially exhibit their pro...

Table of Contents:

• Prelims
• Introduction
• Conceptualizing organizational boundaries
• Boundaries and organizational dynamics
• Extending boundaries: meta-organization and organizational networks
• Boundaries and organizational fields
• Index.