Past practices: rethinking individuals and agents in archaeology [PDF]
, 2008 Archaeologists who seek to examine people's roles in past societies have long assumed, consciously or unconsciously, the existence of individuals. In this study, we explore various concepts and dimensions of ‘the individual’, both ethnographic and ...
Knapp, A.B., van Dommelen, P.
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Trusting organizations:The institutionalization of trust in interorganizational relationships [PDF]
, 2011 Recent research on interorganizational trust has stressed the need to develop a deeper understanding of the multi-level nature of this construct. This article focuses on trust on different analytical levels in an interorganizational context, and on the ...
Kroeger, Frens
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Contacts and contracts: Cross-level network dynamics in the development of an aircraft material [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper, we investigate how interorganizational networks and interpersonal networks interact over time. We present a retrospective longitudinal case study of the network system that developed a novel aircraft material and analyze changeepisodes ...
D'Aunno T. A. +20 more
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Redefining managerial effectiveness in a multilevel organization : a structurationist account [PDF]
Many organization theories consist of an interpretation frame and an idea about the ideal equilibrium state. This article explains how the equilibrium concept is used in four organization theories: the theories of Fayol, Mintzberg, Morgan, and Volberda ...
Offenbeek, M. van, Paul, L.
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'We nicked stuff from all over the place': policy transfer or muddling through? [PDF]
, 2008 This article explores current thinking about policy learning and transfer, using recent work on the 'Americanisation' of UK active labour market policies as a focus of discussion. While it is clear that the UK has learned from the US in certain respects,
Dwyer, PJ, Ellison, N
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The relevance of Giddens' structuration theory for organizational research [PDF]
, 2010 Anthony Giddens' Structuration Theory is probably one of the sociological theories more directly referenced and more widely used, in a variety of ways, in organizational research. Why is that, and what does it mean for organizational research?
Albano, Roberto +2 more
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Agent-based models and individualism: is the world agent-based? [PDF]
, 2000 Agent-based models (ABMs) are an increasingly popular tool in the social sciences. This trend seems likely to continue, so that they will become widely used in geography and in urban and regional planning.
Haklay, M, O'Sullivan, D
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Feminist studies of globalisation : beyond gender, beyond economism? [PDF]
, 2004 This article offers a distinctive mapping of the feminist literature on globalisation. Part I sets the 'new wave' of debate in the context of long-standing feminist theorising and organisation around global power and politics, drawing attention to a ...
Eschle, Catherine
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American and European social embeddedness in IS research: the case of structurational approaches. [PDF]
Whether in Europe or in North America, Structuration Theory has been widely applied in Information System research. Looking at some structurationists’ trajectories, it seems that European and American researchers correspond each to specific sub ...
de Vaujany, François-Xavier
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Using Machine Learning to Predict Swine Movements within a Regional Program to Improve Control of Infectious Diseases in the US. [PDF]
, 2017 Between-farm animal movement is one of the most important factors influencing the spread of infectious diseases in food animals, including in the US swine industry.
Jarvis, Lovell S +4 more
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