Thomas B. Lawrence (Professor of Strategy, Professor of Strategy, S, Nelson Phillips (Abu Dhabi Chamber Chair in Strategy and Innovation

Gebundenes Buch

Constructing Organizational Life

How Social-Symbolic Work Shapes Selves, Organizations, and Institutions

Beschreibung

This book proposes a perspective of social-symbolic work that integrates diverse streams of research to examine how people purposefully work to construct organizational life and the identities, careers, boundaries, strategies, and social practices that define their organizations.

Autor

Thomas B. Lawrence is Professor of Strategy at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Previously he was the Van Dusen Professor in the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. His research focuses on the dynamics of agency, power, and institutions in organizations and organizational fields, and has appeared widely in academic and practitioner journals. Nelson Phillips is Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Ph.D. Faculty Advisor, and Distinguished Professor, Technology Management in the College of Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara. Prior to joining UCSB, he was Professor of Innovation and Strategy at Imperial College Business School in London, UK, and the Beckwith Professor of Management Studies at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. His research interests cut across organization theory, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and he has published widely for both academics and practitioners. He is the Past Chair of the OMT Division of the Academy of Management and is the Co-Editor of Innovation: Management and Organization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 752g
• ISBN-13: 9780198840022
• ISBN-10: 0198840020
• Artikelnr.: 55471270