Institutions and ideals Philip Selznick's legacy for organizational studies

Philip Selznick is a towering figure in the history of organizational studies. His direct contributions to organizational scholarship are relatively few in number and were mostly produced in the early years of his remarkable academic career. But, these early organizational writings, which include...

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Other Authors Kraatz, Matthew S.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2015.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of organizations ; v. 44.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781784417253
ISSN0733-558X ;
DOI10.1108/S0733-558X201544
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 381 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Matthew S. Kraatz, Ricardo Flores
  • On sustaining research agendas : their moral and scientific basis / Philip Selznick
  • Selznick's Hobbesian idealism : its nature and its origins / Martin Krygier
  • Leading amidst competing technical and institutional demands : revisiting Selznick's conception of leadership
  • Marya L. Besharov, Rakesh Khurana
  • Dynamic conservatism : how institutions change to remain the same / Chris Ansell, Arjen Boin, Moshe Farjoun
  • Missing in action : the further contribution of Philip Selznick to contemporary institutional theory / C. R. (Bob) Hinings, Royston Greenwood
  • Organizational actors, character, and Selznick's theory of organizations / Brayden G. King
  • Philip Selznick and the problems of organizational integrity and responsibility / Jerry Goodstein
  • Why institutions matter : stakeholder attention to organizational ethics commitments / David Chandler
  • Social heuristics : the pragmatics of convention in decision-making / Thomas D. Beamish, Nicole Woolsey Biggart
  • What's so institutional about leadership? Leadership mechanisms of value infusion / Ryan Raffaelli, Mary Ann Glynn
  • Perils of value neutrality / David Thacher
  • Reinfusing values / Matthew S. Kraatz, Ricardo Flores.