Configurational theory and methods in organizational research

Some 20 years after the emergence of configurational theory as a key perspective in organization studies in the 1990s, this approach has yet to deliver on its promise. While we know that configurations the relative arrangement of parts and elements - matters, empirical research on configurations is...

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Other Authors Fiss, Peer C., Cambré, Bart, Marx, Axel
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald, 2013.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of organizations ; v. 38.
Subjects
Organizational behavior > Research > Methodology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
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ISBN9781781907795
9781781907788
ISSN0733-558X ;
Physical Description1 online zdroj : ilustrace

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Table of Contents:
  • FRONT COVER; CONFIGURATIONAL THEORY AND METHODS IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ADVISORY BOARD; FOREWORD: THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF CONFIGURATIONAL RESEARCH; CHAPTER 1 CONFIGURATIONAL THEORY AND METHODS IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH: INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; THE INTERPLAY OF THEORY AND METHODS; THE CONFIGURATIONAL CHALLENGE; THE CONFIGURATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: A SKETCH; OUTLINE OF THE VOLUME; NOTE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 CRISP-SET QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IN ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; INTRODUCTION; DIFFERENT RESEARCH STRATEGIES.
  • INTRODUCING CRISP-SET QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (csQCA)STRENGTHS OF csQCA AS A RESEARCH STRATEGY; CRITICISMS ON csQCA; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 THE TWO QCAs: FROM A SMALL-N TO A LARGE-N SET THEORETIC APPROACH; INTRODUCTION; THE COMMON PROPERTIES AND ASSUMPTIONS OF SMALL-N AND LARGE-N QCA APPROACHES; CONTRASTING SMALL-N AND LARGE-N QCA; THE PROSPECTS FOR LARGE-N CONFIGURATIONAL ANALYSIS; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 CONFIGURATIONAL ANALYSIS AND ORGANIZATION DESIGN: TOWARDS A THEORY OF STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; INTRODUCTION.
  • CONFIGURATIONISM IN ORGANIZATION DESIGNA MAP OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONFIGURATIONISM; AN ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL HETEROGENEITY; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; CHAPTER 5 THE ANALYSIS OF TEMPORALLY ORDERED CONFIGURATIONS: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS; INTRODUCTION; DATA: GESTATION ACTIVITIES; EVENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS (ESA) AND OPTIMAL MATCHING (OM); TEMPORAL QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (TQCA); QCA, SUFFICIENCY AND NECESSITY; NECESSARY CONDITION ANALYSIS (NCA AND TNCA); CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES.
  • CHAPTER 6 UNDERSTANDING COMPLEMENTARITIES AS ORGANIZATIONAL CONFIGURATIONS: USING SET THEORETICAL METHODSINTRODUCTION: THE CONCEPT OF COMPLEMENTARITIES; COMPLEMENTARITIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN STUDYING COMPLEMENTARITIES; COMPLEMENTARITIES AS ORGANIZATIONAL CONFIGURATIONS: THE CASE OF THE JAPANESE FIRM; IMPLICATIONS FOR THE THEORY AND METHODS OF STUDYING COMPLEMENTARITIES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CONFIGURATION RESEARCH: THE CASE OF FOREIGN IPOs LISTING IN LONDON; INTRODUCTION.
  • CONFIGURATIONAL RESEARCH OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCEEXPLORING GOVERNANCE CONFIGURATIONS WITH FOREIGN INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A MULTILEVEL EXPLANATION OF WHY MANAGERS DO GOOD; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN STUDYING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; EMPIRICAL APPLICATION; RESULTS; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONFIGURATIONAL THEORY AND METHODS; NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9 THE VALUE OF CONFIGURATIONAL APPROACHES FOR STUDYING DIGITAL BUSINESS STRATEGY.
  • THE COMPLEX PHENOMENON OF DIGITAL ECODYNAMICS.

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