Studying Differences Between Organizations: Comparative Approaches to Organizational Research (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 26) - Hardcover

Brayden King; David Whetten

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848556462 ISBN 13: 9781848556461

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2009

Synopsis

This volume is motivated by key questions and challenges associated with reviving and developing a comparative perspective. One organizing theme of the volume is to present comparative analysis as a means to explain and describe organizational heterogeneity, at varying levels and contexts. While much empirical work looks for the sources of homogeneity within fields, industries, etc., we believe that one advantage of doing comparative analysis is to make assessments of the observed differences between organizations. Thus, we have asked all of the authors to consider how their style of comparative analysis enhances our understanding of organizational heterogeneity. The volume consists of two sections: an introductory essay section and a section where authors focus on specific theoretical, methodological and empirical topics. A couple of papers are original empirical analyses that use a comparative logic or method. We expect that each paper, in addition to providing a theoretical contribution, will offer a meta-discussion that explains how taking a comparative approach enhances our understanding of the phenomenon of interest.

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Contributors Include: Howard Aldrich - Carol Caronna - Katherine Chen - Teppo Felin - Peer Fiss - Paul Hirsch - Brayden King - Rodney Lacey - Omar Lizardo - Seth Pollack - Siobhan O Mahony - Fabio Rojas - W. Richard Scott - David Whetten - Franz Wohlgezogen

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848556462
• ISBN 13: 9781848556461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Teppo Felin