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Drawing together an international group of scholars, this book provides fresh and provocative perspectives on boundaries in organizations. The emergence, management and transformation of organizational boundaries is intrinsic to modern organization and poses one of the most persistent and potentially rewarding challenges to researchers and managers alike. The book offers the latest insights into the nature of boundaries, how they may be interpreted and studied, as well as implications for managing. The chapters include theoretical perspectives and cases from Europe, Canada, the USA, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

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Author:   N. Paulsen ,  T. Hernes
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Weight:   0.419kg
ISBN:  

9781349508709

ISBN 10:   1349508705
Pages:   311
Publication Date:   01 January 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 'Who Are We Now?': Group Identity, Boundaries and the (Re)Organizing Process; N.Paulsen Enabling and Constraining Properties of Organizational Boundaries; T.Hernes Identity and Difference In Complex Projects: Why Boundaries still Matter In the Boubdaryless Organization; N.Marshall Virtual Interactions: Creating Impressions of Boundaries; N.Panteli Building E-Loyalty Across Cultures and Organizational Boundaries; D.Cyr & H.Trevor-Smith Industrial Designers As Boundary Workers; B.Jevnaker Organizing Activities in Industrial Networks: The Case Of Volvo S80; F.Von Corswant, A.Dubois & P.Fredriksson Managing Across Boundaries In Healthcare: The Forces For Change And Inertia; C.Rodriguez, A.Langley, F.Beland & J.Denis Boundaries In Healthcare Discussions: An Activity Theoretical Approach To The Analysis of Boundaries; H.Kerosuo Discerning Organizational Boundaries Through Physical Artifacts; A.Rafaeli & I.Vilnai-Yavetz Formidable Fences: Organizational Cooperation And Boundary Bullies In Zimbabwe; H.Wels Merging Identities, Reinventing Boundaries: The Survival Strategy of Catholic Development Aid In the Netherlands; F.Kamsteeg Colleague, Competitor, Or Client: Social Boundaries In Flexible Work Arrangements; C.Garsten Drawing The Line: Organizations and the Boundary Work Of 'Home' and 'Work'; C.Nippert-Eng Some Organizational Consequences Of Cultural Differences In Boundary Permeability; B.Shamir & Y.Melnik Epilogue: A Reflection And Future Directions; N.Paulsen & T.Hernes

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FRANÇOIS BÉLAND Professor in the Department of Health Administration, University of Montreal FREDRIK VON CORSWANT Department of Operations Management, Chalmers University, Sweden DIANNE CYR Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada JEAN-LOUIS DENIS Professor of Health Adminstration, University of Montreal ANNA DUBOIS Associate Professor, Industrial Marketing, Chalmers University, Sweden PETER FREDRIKSSON Department of Operations Management, Chalmers University, Sweden CHRISTINA GARSTEN Associate Professor of Social Anthropology, SCORE, Sweden BIRGIT JEVNAKER Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Management, Sandvika FRANS KAMSTEEG Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije University, Amsterdam HANNELE KERUSUO Researcher at the Center of Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research, University of Helsinki, Finland ANN LANGLEY Professor of Strategy, HEC, Montreal NICK MARSHALL Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Innovation Management, University of Brighton YAEL MELNIK Organizational Consultant specializing in cross-cultural working relations CHRISTENA NIPPERT-ENG Associate Professor of Sociology, Illinois Institute of Technology NIKI PANTELI Lecturer in Information Systems at the University of Bath ANAT RAFAELI Professor and Chair of Social Sciences at Technion, Israel's Institute of Technology CHARO RODRIGUEZ Postdoctoral Fellow in Management, McGill University BOAS SHAMIR Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem HAIZLEY TREVOR-SMITH Lecturer at Simon-Fraser University, Canada IRIS VILNAI-YAVETZ PhD candidate, Technion, Israel HARRY WELS Associate Professor, Vrije University, Amsterdam

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