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Research handbook on the sociology of organizations, edited by Mary Godwyn

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Research handbook on the sociology of organizations

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edited by Mary Godwyn

Research handbooks in sociology

With original contributions from leading experts in the field, this cutting-edge Research Handbook combines theoretical advancement and the newest empirical research to explore the sociology of organizations as mesa-level mediators of individual and societal outcomes. Covering the major theoretical foundations of the topic, this innovative Research Handbook analyses critical and contemporary sociological theory and examines the purposes and goals of a diverse range of organizations in a variety of contexts. Chapters detail original research that investigates labour relations, ethical and sustainable environmental practices, race, gender, class, sexuality, media, religion, politics, and alternative economic models. This Research Handbook will prove an engaging and informative read for students and scholars of organization studies, labour policy, sociology, political science, economics, management, philosophy, and social psychology. With its global, interdisciplinary scope, it will also be invaluable to practitioners and policymakers working within a vast range of organizations. --, Provided by publisher

PART I SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY OF ORGANIZATIONS 1 The organization of higher education: an overview of sociological research into universities as organizations 13 Klarissa Lueg and Angela Graf 2 Decisional organization theory: towards an integrated framework of organization 30 Michael Grothe-Hammer, Héloïse Berkowitz and Olivier Berthod 3 A critical management studies approach to big data 54 Carl Stefan Roth-Kirkegaard 4 Carceral goals: the role of corrections officers in organizational goal attainment 73 Madeline McPherson and Danielle S. Rudes 5 Do organizations have a purpose? The symbolic constructivism test 87 Jean-Pierre Chanteau 6 Organizational legitimacy and legitimizing myths 107 Martijn Boersma 7 Dialectical network analysis: a critical approach for researching networks in management and organization studies 125 Martha Emilie Ehrich 8 The importance of empathy and compassion in organizations: why there is so little, and why we need more 145 Fiona Meechan, Leo McCann and Sir Cary Cooper 9 Where words speak louder than actions: values, strategy and action in globalizing education – how successful IB schools are made 164 Alexander Gardner-McTaggart and Tony Bush 10 Exploring the connections between critical and contemporary social theory and the sociology of culture 188 Dustin Garlitz 11 Entrepreneurial hybridity: concept and context in creative and cultural organizations 208 Jaleesa Renee Wells 12 Theory, practice and bricolage: recombobulating agencies and reorienting resistance to neoliberalization of the (post-) welfare state 221 Christopher N. Walker 13 A world polity view on reorganization and institutional change in natural resources management 242 Mohammad Al-Saidi 14 The influence of organizational structures on police decision-making on stop, question and frisk 260 Muneeba Azam, Christine Sim and Danielle S. Rudes PART II EMPIRICAL RESEARCH: WORKPLACE EXPERIENCES AND CASE STUDIES 15 Rationalizing work through occupational communities in independent games development 276 Adrian Wright and Dorota Marsh 16 Religion at work: the Quaker paradox 293 Mark Read 17 Charisma and charismatic leadership in organizations 311 Dinara Tokbaeva 18 Organizations and power: a critical evaluation of the rise of performance measurement 329 Guy Redden 19 Autonomist leadership and organizational practice in leaderless street bands 347 Meghan Elizabeth Kallman 20 Contemporizing the social organization of parole: a critical assessment 367 Simon I. Singer and Stuti S. Kokkalera 21 Professionalization and the politicization of civil society organizations in Sierra Leone 384 Michelle Reddy 22 Getting real about research: lessons learned from a worker training evaluation project 399 Deborah B. Smith 23 Career development opportunities: a sociological and practitioner exploration of organizational commitment factors, theories, and outcomes 417 Patricia Sullivan, Andrew Creed, Ambika Zutshi and David C. Lane 24 Resistance and resilience among tattoo workers 434 David C. Lane and Jacob T. Foster PART III ORGANIZATIONS AS MESO-LEVEL MEDIATORS OF INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETAL OUTCOMES 25 Synergies between school leaders and communities in challenging urban schools: a review of organizational dynamics and the urban schools’ continuum 457 Maricela Guzmán and Leonardo Oliver Ortiz 26 Critical realist metatheory and the sociology of organizations: using contrastive explanation to explain personal internet use at work 475 Julie Monroe, Steve Vincent and Ana Lopes 27 Exploring relations of power in Quakers’ alternative forms of organizing 491 Stephen Allen 28 The dialectic of changing corporate masks: from profit maximizers to predators to socially responsible global leaders 509 Yon Jung Choi and Connie L. McNeely 29 Organizing values: the principles of rationalization and individualization 528 Hannah Mormann, Raimund Hasse and Nadine Arnold