Qualitative studies of organizations /
edited by John Van Maanen.
- Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1998.
- xxxii, 360 p. : ill ; 26 cm. + pbk.
- The Administrative science quarterly series in organization theory and behavior .
- Administrative science quarterly series in organization theory and behavior. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Studies of organizational processes. The role of expectations in business decision making / Richard M. Cyert, William R. Dill, and James G. March -- Intense loyalty in organizations : a case study of college athletics / Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler -- In search of rationality : the purposes behind the use of formal analysis in organizations / Ann Langley -- Part II: Studies of groups in organizations. The macropolitics of organizational change : a comparative analysis of the spread of small-group activities / Robert E. Cole -- Tightening the iron cage : concertive control in self-managing work teams / James R. Barker -- Status degradation and organizational succession : an ethnomethodological approach / Robert P. Gephart, Jr. -- Part III: Studies of organizational identity and change. The organizational saga in higher education / Burton R. Clark -- The reluctant organization and the aggressive environment / John Maniha and Charles Perrow -- From evangelism to general service : the transformation of the YMCA / Mayer N. Zald and Patricia Denton -- The creative-destructive process of organizational organizational change : the case of the Post Office / Nicole Woolsey Biggart -- Part IV: Studies of the societal and institutional environment. Organizational effectiveness and the institutional environment / Paul M. Hirsh -- Authority, organization, and societal context in multinational churches / Reed E. Nelson -- The dynamics of institutionalization : transformation processes in Norwegian fisheries / Petter Holm.