Bringing Work Back In

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Title: Bringing Work Back In
Abstract/Description: In this essay we argue that organization theory's effort to make sense of postbureaucratic organizing is hampered by a dearth of detailed studies of work. We review the history of organization theory to show that, in the past, studies of work provided an empirical foundation for theories of bureaucracy, and explain how such research became marginalized or ignored. We then discuss methodological requirements for reintegrating work studies into organization theory and indicate what the conceptual payoffs of such integration might be. These payoffs include breaking new conceptual ground, resolving theoretical puzzles, envisioning organizing processes, and revitalizing old concepts.
Author/creator: Barley, Stephen R.; Kunda, Gideon
Date: 2001
In publication: Organization Science
Volume: 12
Issue: 1
Pages: 76-95
Resource type: en Background/Context
Medium: en Print
Background/context type: en Conceptual
Keywords: action; field methods; grounded theory; networks; organization theory; work
Open access/free-text available: en Yes
Peer reviewed: en Yes
ISSN: 1047-7039
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.12.1.76.10122
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (informsPubsOnline); Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)
Citation: Barley, S. R., & Kunda, G. (2001). Bringing Work Back In. Organization Science, 12(1), 76–95. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.12.1.76.10122
Cited in: The Work of Improvement

Item sets: Open Access Resource (IRE); Handbook Chapter 2 Citations

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