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1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : illustrations |
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Research in the sociology of organizations ; v. 58 |
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Research in the sociology of organizations ; v. 58.
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| Contents |
Intro; AGENTS, ACTORS, ACTORHOOD; AGENTS, ACTORS, ACTORHOOD: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE NATURE OF AGENCY, ACTION, AND AUTHORITY; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: OVERVIEW; Chapter 1: The Proliferation and Profusion of Actors in Institutional Theory; 1. Introduction; 2. The Proliferation of Actor and the Profusion of its Meanings; 3. Relating to and Explaining the Real World; 4. Theoretical Themes in the Volume; 5. Contributions in the Volume; References; PART II: CONSTRUCTION OF ACTORS |
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Chapter 2: What Difference does it Make? An Institutional Perspective on Actors and Types ThereofIntroduction; 1. The Social Construction of Actors; 1.1. Actor Concepts in the Social Sciences; 1.2. From Academic Discourse to Social Practice; 2. Further Theorizing: Individuals, States, and Organizations; 2.1. Individuals; 2.2. States; 2.3. Organizations; Summary; References; Chapter 3: School Principals as Agents: Autonomy, Embeddedness, and Script; 1. Introduction; 2. The Notion of Embedded Agency; 3. Data and Methods |
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4. Findings: Embedded Agency as Professional Role Identity of School Principals4.1. Sense of Agency; 4.1.1. What Are the Meanings Assigned to Agency?; 4.1.2. Domains of Agency; 4.1.3. What Is the Meaning Assigned to Embeddedness?; 4.1.4. Domains of Embeddedness; 4.2. Embedded Agency as Orientation; 4.2.1. Agency-Context Orientation; 4.3. Typology of Embedded Agency; 4.3.1. Forms of Embedded Agency; 4.3.2. Juxtaposing Types of Embedded Agency and Practice; 5. Discussion: School Principalship as Scripted Agency; References; Chapter 4: Me and My Avatar: Acquiring Actorial Identity |
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1. Introduction2. A World of Games; 3. Applying the Analytical Frame to a Legal System; 4. Case Studies; 4.1. Apple's Avatars; 4.2. Bitcoin; 5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Beyond Service Provision: Advocacy and the Construction of Nonprofits as Organizational Actors; Introduction; Public Charities as Advocacy Organizations; Rationalization and Advocacy; Collaboration and Advocacy; Marketization and Advocacy; Data and Methods; Dependent Variable and Model Specification; Organizational Rationalization; Cross-sector Collaboration; Marketization; Control Variables; Results |
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Discussion and ConclusionReferences; Chapter 6: Constructing the Consultant as a Legitimate Actor: The Role of Active Clients in Universities; Introduction; Consultants as Actors in German Universities; Consultants as Actors; The Case of German Universities; Active Clients as Potential Providers of Legitimacy; Roles of Active Clients; Interpretative Patterns of Active Clients and Institutional Logics; Method; Findings; The Logic of Academia in Universities and the Legitimization of External Consultants |
| Summary |
National governments are increasingly sharing the stage with many other forms of empowered social actors and authoritative players. Worldwide, alongside governmental bureaucracies, we witness the proliferation of non-for-profit and voluntary associations, business organizations and corporations, civic action committees and political parties, as well as celebrities and cultural icons. Importantly, whether they are individual- and collective social actors, these various actors are bestowed with the legitimate authority to speak their mind, act on their agenda, and influence the course of social progress. How might we conceptualize the role of such empowered social actors? This compilation of research and commentary gathers a range of institutional perspectives investigating what the devolution of state power and the so-called democratization of social action means for the nature of authority and how the multiplicity and variety of social actors impacts societies worldwide, extending from focus on agents to actors to actorhood |
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Sponsored by the ASA section on Organizations, occupations and work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Organizational sociology -- Research.
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Authority -- Research
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Organizational theory & behaviour.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Authority -- Research
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Organizational sociology -- Research
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hwang, Hokyu, editor.
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Colyvas, Jeannette A., editor
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Drori, Gili S., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781787560802 |
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1787560805 |
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9781787560826 |
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1787560821 |
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