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This anthology contains samples of original Nordic research positioned against the general literature within a given theme in organization theory.

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This is a very welcome volume. It will provide the reader with good grasp of the many brands that hide behind what is considered a distinctly Scandinavian way of understanding, reasoning on and talking about, organizations. An important contribution to documenting the European side of organization theory. Erhard Friedberg, Professor of Sciences Po Paris, and Director of the Center for the Sociology of Organizations Scandinavians have, in recent decades, produced a great deal of creative thinking about formal organizations. Some of this, put into practice, has produced distinctive patterns of organizing that have had a good deal of impact around the world. The chapters in the first half of this book provide valuable reviews, syntheses, and interpretations of Scandinavian innovations and organizing styles. But Scandinavians have also made important, and distinctive, contributions to organizational theory. Anyone interested in the field needs to know about them, since they provide a counterfoil to dominant (and perhaps especially American) lines of thought. The chapters in the second half of this book provide an excellent introduction and review - the best available - of these creative lines of argument. John Meyers, Professor of Education and affiliated Professor of Organizational Behavior and Sociology, Stanford University This impressive volume makes a persuasive claim for the distinctiveness of Scandinavian approaches to organizational studies. The rest of the world has much to learn from scholarship that is steeped in cultural and political studies, and views organizations with standards of equality and efficacy not widely considered in North America. Walter Powell, Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior and Sociology, Stanford University The authors who call themselves Northern Lights bring Northern Enlightenment to organizational scholars located everywhere else. This is a significant set of original insights that are both fresh and deep. Karl E. Weick, Rensis Likert Distinguished University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology University of Michigan Business School

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