TY  - JOUR
TI  - Four Methods for Defining Organizational Boundaries in Sociology
T2  - Economic Sociology
IS  - Economic Sociology
KW  - organizational boundaries
KW  - contingency theory
KW  - negotiated order theory
KW  - resource dependence theory
KW  - new institutionalism
KW  - sociology of organizations
AB  - 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.
AU  - Igor Chirikov
UR  - https://ecsoc.hse.ru/en/2012-13-5/67687791.html
PY  - 2012
SP  - 129-145
VL  - 13