The Blackwell Companion to Organizations / Edition 1

by Joel A. C. Baum

Overview

Drawing on the research of more than 50 influential international scholars, this extensive interdisciplinary survey consolidates and evaluates what is known and not known about organizations, and critically examines how we learn about and study them.

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• Contributors include 50 influential international scholars.
  
• Contributions represent the most important contemporary perspectives on organizations, including networks, ecology and technology.
  
• Each topic is covered at three levels of organization: intraorganizational, organizational, and interorganizational.
  
• Chapters structured around five common elements for ease of use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780631216957
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/24/2005
Pages:	992
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.78(h) x 2.16(d)

About the Author

Joel A. C. Baum is Canadian National Chair in Strategy and Organization at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. His research has been published in a wide range of prestigious management and social science journals. He is a member of the editorial boards of Administrative Science Quarterly and Academy of Management Journal, Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Strategic Management, and founding co-editor of Strategic Organization – SO!.

Table of Contents

List of Figures viii

List of Tables ix

Contributors xi

Preface xxvii
Howard E. Aldrich

Acknowledgments xxx

Companion to Organizations: An Introduction 1
Joel A. C. Baum and Tim J. Rowley

Part I: Intraorganizational Level 35

1 Intraorganizational Institutions 37
Kimberly D. Elsbach

2 Intraorganizational Networks 58
Holly Raider and David J. Krackhardt

3 Intraorganizational Ecology 75
D. Charles Galunic and John R. Weeks

4 Intraorganizational Evolution 98
Massimo Warglien

5 Intraorganizational Cognition and Interpretation 119
C. Marlene Fiol

6 Intraorganizational Power and Dependence 138
Daniel J. Brass

7 Intraorganizational Technology 158
Melissa A. Schilling

8 Intraorganizational Learning 181
Linda Argote and Ron Ophir

9 Intraorganizational Complexity and Computation 208
Kathleen M. Carley

10 Intraorganizational Economics 233
Edward J. Zajac and James D. Westphal

Part II: Organizational Level 257

11 Organizational Institutions 259
Donald A. Palmer and Nicole Woolsey Biggart

12 Organizational Networks 281
Ranjay Gulati, Dania A. Dialdin, and Lihua Wang

13 Organizational Ecology 304
Joel A. C. Baum and Terry L. Amburgey Terry L. Amburgey and Jitendra V. Singh Theresa K. Lant

14 Organizational Evolution 327
Terry L. Amburgey and Jitendra V. Singh

15 Organizational Cognition and Interpretation 344
Theresa K. Lant

16 Organizational Power and Dependence 363
William Ocasio

17 Organizational Technology 386
Michael L. Tushman and Wendy Smith

18 Organizational Learning 415
Martin Schulz

19 Organizational Complexity and Computation 442
Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Mahesh M. Bhatia

20 Organizational Economics 467
Brian S. Silverman

Part III: Interorganizational Level 495

21 Interorganizational Institutions 497
David Strang and Wesley D. Sine

22 Interorganizational Networks 520
Wayne E. Baker and Robert R. Faulkner

23 Interorganizational Ecology 541
Hayagreeva Rao

24 Interorganizational Evolution 557
Henrich R. Greve

25 Interorganizational Cognition and Interpretation 579
Joseph F. Porac, Marc J. Ventresca, and Yuri Mishina

26 Interorganizational Power and Dependence 599
Mark S. Mizruchi and Mina Yoo

27 Interorganizational Technology 621
Toby E. Stuart

28 Interorganizational Learning 642
Paul Ingram

29 Interorganizational Complexity and Computation 664
Olav Sorenson

30 Interorganizational Economics 686
Arjen Van Witteloostuijn

Part IV: Organizational Epistemology and Research Methods 713

31 Updating Organizational Epistemology 715
Jane Azevedo

32 Contemporary Debates in Organizational Epistemology 733
Mihnea C. Moldoveanu and Joel A. C. Baum

33 Model-Centered Organization Science Epistemology 752
Bill McKelvey

34 Survey Research Methods 781
David Knoke, Peter V. Marsden and Arne L. Kalleberg

35 Archival Research Methods 805
Marc J. Ventresca and John W. Mohr

36 Simulation Research Methods 829
Kevin Dooley

37 Grounded Theory Research Methods 849
Deborah Dougherty

38 Field Research Methods 867
Andrew H. Van de Ven and Marshall Scott Poole

Appendix: Glossary of Epistemology Terms 889
Bill McKelvey

Index 899

Editorial Reviews

"The book is absolutely outstanding! It is an intellectual tour de force by a stellar cast of more than 50 superb scholars. It achieves the impossible - both tremendous breadth and depth on the most important topics in organization theory today. No serious student of organizations can possibly do without this book." Christine Oliver, York University

"The quality of the contributors and the intelligence of the comprehensive editorial framework assure that we have, at last, a worthy successor to March's classic Handbook of Organizations (1965). The commitment to a common enterprise, the connections constructed across levels of analysis, and a devotion to cumulative knowledge are welcome attributes of this valuable collection." W. Richard Scott, Stanford University

"Baum has brought together a diverse and wily asemblage of authors to write a coherent book of the state of the art of organizations. The chapters show that organization studies has a defined frontier and research program." Bruce Kogut, University of Pennsylvania

"...the volume reaches beyond its espoused role as a "companion" and provides a bold statement that we believe will help guide the next generation of organizational theory scholars and spark disquiet (and perhaps consternation) among organizational researchers who are at the margins of this movement." Administrative Science Quarterly

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