@ARTICLE{26589739_67687791_2012, 
	author = {Igor Chirikov}, 
	keywords = {, organizational boundaries, contingency theory, negotiated order theory, resource dependence theory, new institutionalismsociology of organizations},
	title = {Four Methods for Defining Organizational Boundaries in Sociology},
	journal = {Economic Sociology},
	year = {2012},
	month = {ноябрь},
	volume = {13},
	number = {5},
	pages = {129-145},
	url = {https://ecsoc.hse.ru/en/2012-13-5/67687791.html},
	publisher = {},
	abstract = {The paper codifies the theoretical perspectives in sociology of organizations related to studies in organizational boundaries. Four methods for conceptualizing organizational boundaries are identified, depending on a key metaphor which each method proposes. The presented metaphors include (1) boundary as membrane (flap); (2) boundary as convention; (3) boundary as interface; (4) boundary as forefront. In addition, the paper discusses the organizational perspectives’ general methodological drawbacks in studying organizational boundaries.},
	annote = {The paper codifies the theoretical perspectives in sociology of organizations related to studies in organizational boundaries. Four methods for conceptualizing organizational boundaries are identified, depending on a key metaphor which each method proposes. The presented metaphors include (1) boundary as membrane (flap); (2) boundary as convention; (3) boundary as interface; (4) boundary as forefront. In addition, the paper discusses the organizational perspectives’ general methodological drawbacks in studying organizational boundaries.}
}