Igor Chirikov
Four Methods for Defining Organizational Boundaries in Sociology
2012.
Vol. 13.
No. 5.
P. 129–145
[issue contents]
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.
Citation:
Chirikov Igor S (2012) Chetyre sposoba opredeleniya organizatsionnykh granits v sotsiologii [Four Methods for Defining Organizational Boundaries in Sociology] Economic Sociology, 5, pp. 129-145 (in Russian)