The Structuring of Work in Organizations Vol: 47

Lisa Cohen
McGill University, Canada

M. Diane Burton
Cornell University, USA

Michael Lounsbury
University of Alberta, Canada


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Hardback
ISBN:
9781786354365
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Publisher:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Dimensions:
432 pages - 152 x 229 x 33mm
Series:
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
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Differences in management behavior across organizations are attributed to differences in priorities and objectives or differences in the style and preferences of the individuals involved. This volume challenges this image by attending to the extra-organizational and extra-individual forces that shape and constrain how work is structured in organizations.The authors focus their attention on work within and between organizations and emphasize the ways in which the jobs are defined, the power and autonomy they engender, the opportunities that are afforded, and the constraints that are imposed, are continuously contested not only at the individual level, but also at a more aggregate and collective level.This volume is the product of an interdisciplinary gathering of scholars convened with generous support of the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council. It presents new theoretical and empirical papers that examine aspects of the changing nature of jobs and work in organizations from multiple perspectives and methodologies.

Introduction: Bringing Jobs Back In: Toward a New Multi-Level Approach to the Study of Work and Organizations - M. Diane Burton, Lisa E. Cohen and Michael LounsburyPART I: TASKS AND JOBS AS BUILDING BLOCKSJobs as Gordian Knots a New Perspective Linking Individuals, Tasks, Organizations, and Institutions - Lisa E. CohenIdiosyncratic Jobs, Organizational Transformation, and Career Mobility - Anne S. Miner and Olubukunola (Bukky) AkinsanmiThe Ideology of Silence at the Harvard Business School: Structuring Faculty’s Teaching Tasks for Moral Relativism - Michel AntebyPART II: OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIESWhat Do Technicians Mean When They Talk About Professionalism? An Ethnography of Speaking - Stephen R. Barley, Beth A. Bechky and Bonalyn J. NelsenCompliance Police or Business Partner? Institutional Complexity and Occupational Tensions in Human Resource Management - Kurt W. Sandholtz and Tyler N. BurrowsPART III: STRUCTURE AS CONSTRAINTStructure at Work: Organizational Forms and the Division of Labor in U.S. Wineries - Heather A. Haveman, Anand Swaminathan and Eric B. JohnsonIt’s Not You, It’s Your Job: Network Evolution Within Firms - Jennifer KurkoskiHelp Me Do It on My Own: How Entrepreneurs Manage Autonomy and Constraint Within Incubator Organizations - Victor P. Seidel, Kelley A. Packalen and Siobhan O’MahonyPART IV: CHANGING AND PERPETUATING STRUCTURESLegal Avoidance and the Restructuring of Work - Charlotte S. AlexanderExternalization of Work by Corporate Law Firms: Implications for Careers and the Profession - Christine Riordan and Paul OstermanWork as Commons: Internal Labor Markets, Blended Workforces and Management - Arnaldo Camuffo and Federica De StefanoFrom Adapting Practices to Inhabiting Ideas: How Managers Restructure Work Across Organizations - Ruthanne Huising
Edited by Lisa E. Cohen, McGill University, CanadaM. Diane Burton, Cornell University, USAMichael Lounsbury, University of Alberta, Canada

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