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David A Whetten - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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perspective finding the organization in organizational theory a meta theory of the organization as a Social Actor
Organization Science, 2010Co-Authors: Brayden G King, Teppo Felin, David A WhettenAbstract:Organization theory is a theory without a protagonist. Organizations are typically portrayed in organizational scholarship as aggregations of individuals, as instantiations of the environment, as nodes in a Social network, as members of a population, or as a bundle of organizing processes. This paper hopes to highlight the need for understanding, explicating, and researching the enduring, noun-like qualities of the organization. We situate the organization in a broader Social landscape by examining what is unique about the organization as a Social Actor. We propose two assumptions that underlie our conceptualization of organizations as Social Actors: external attribution and intentionality. We then highlight important questions and implications forming the core of a distinctively organizational analytical perspective.
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a Social Actor conception of organizational identity and its implications for the study of organizational reputation
Business & Society, 2002Co-Authors: David A Whetten, Alison MackeyAbstract:The objective of this article is to clarify the conceptual domains of organizational identity, image, and reputation. To initiate this theory development process, we present a “Social Actor” conception of organizational identity. Identity-congruent definitions of image and reputation are then specified and an integrated model proposed. With the aid of this model, a structural flawin the organizational reputation literature is identified and suitable remedies proposed. In addition, the authors explore the implications of invoking identity and identification in explanations and justifications of organizational reputation.
Gerardo L Munck - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Actor formation Social co ordination and political strategy some conceptual problems in the study of Social movements
Sociology, 1995Co-Authors: Gerardo L MunckAbstract:A survey of the literature on Social movements shows that the contributions by American and European scholars have shed considerable light on two problems: why Social movements emerge with particular identities and how organisers give coherence to a movement and co-ordinate the actions of their followers. The challenge faced by movement organisers in seeking to bring about change - a challenge that forces a Social movement to engage strategically as a Social Actor, with its political-institutional environment - has received, however, relatively little attention. Seeking to fill this gap in the literature I argue that the distinct analytical issues raised by the problem of political strategy which Social movements face can only be addressed through a synthesis that builds upon, but goes beyond, the contributions made by American and European scholars. The challenge is to conceive of Social movements as strategic Actors, while acknowledging the implications that a movement's collective identity and Social n...
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Actor formation Social co ordination and political strategy some conceptual problems in the study of Social movements
1995Co-Authors: Gerardo L MunckAbstract:A survey of the literature on Social movements shows that the contributions by American and European scholars have shed considerable light on two problems: why Social movements emerge with particular identities and how organisers give coherence to a movement and co-ordinate the actions of their followers. The challenge faced by movement organisers in seeking to bring about change -- a challenge that forces a Social movement to engage strategically as a Social Actor, with its political-institutional environment -- has received, however, relatively little attention. Seeking to fill this gap in the literature I argue that the distinct analytical issues raised by the problem of political strategy which Social movements face can only be addressed through a synthesis that builds upon, but goes beyond, the contributions made by American and European scholars. The challenge is to conceive of Social movements as strategic Actors, while acknowledging the implications that a movement's collective identity and Social nature has for an analysis of strategic action.
Alison Mackey - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a Social Actor conception of organizational identity and its implications for the study of organizational reputation
Business & Society, 2002Co-Authors: David A Whetten, Alison MackeyAbstract:The objective of this article is to clarify the conceptual domains of organizational identity, image, and reputation. To initiate this theory development process, we present a “Social Actor” conception of organizational identity. Identity-congruent definitions of image and reputation are then specified and an integrated model proposed. With the aid of this model, a structural flawin the organizational reputation literature is identified and suitable remedies proposed. In addition, the authors explore the implications of invoking identity and identification in explanations and justifications of organizational reputation.
James B Thomas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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forging an identity an insider outsider study of processes involved in the formation of organizational identity
Administrative Science Quarterly, 2010Co-Authors: Dennis A Gioia, Kristin N Price, Aimee L Hamilton, James B ThomasAbstract:We investigated the processes involved in forming an organizational identity, which we studied during the founding of a distinctive new college by using an interpretive, insider-outsider research approach. The emergent grounded theory model suggests that organizational identity formed via the interplay of eight notable processes, four of which occurred in more-or-less sequential, stage-like fashion —(1) articulating a vision, (2) experiencing a meanings void, (3) engaging in experiential contrasts, and (4) converging on a consensual identity—plus four recurrent processes that were associated with two or more of the sequential stages: (5) negotiating identity claims, (6) attaining optimal distinctiveness, (7) performing liminal actions, and (8) assimilating legitimizing feedback. The findings show that internal and external, as well as micro and macro influences affected the forging of an organizational identity. In addition, we found that both Social construction and Social Actor views of identity-related...
Andrew Vandenberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Social-movement Unionism in Theory and in Sweden
Social Movement Studies, 2006Co-Authors: Andrew VandenbergAbstract:Many union leaders and observers of unionism in industrially advanced countries have recently argued for stronger links between unions and Social movements but their arguments leave the nature of Social movements underspecified. This article reviews the literature on Social movements and argues in favour of a minimalist theory of the Social Actor rather than choose between American and European approaches to studying Social movements. Both Melucci's European approach and McAdam, Tarrow, and Tilly's American approach to integrating the European and American schools of thought on Social movements are inadequate to the task of specifying Social-movement unionism. Hindess's minimalist theory of the Social Actor and articulated arenas of conflict offers a stronger approach to understanding Social-movement unionism and appreciating its strategic pertinence in particular times and places. Two episodes of contention in Sweden illustrate the advantages of a minimalist theory of articulated Social-movement unionism.
