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The book presents the latest research and theory about evolutionary change in organizations. It brings together the work of organizational theorists who have challenged the orthodox adaptation views that prevailed until the beginning of the 1980s. It emphasizes multiple levels of change - distinguishing change at the intraorganizational level, the organizational level, the population level, and the community level. The book is organized in a way that gives order and coherence to what has been a diverse and multidisciplinary field. (The book had its inception at a conference held at the Stern School of Business, New York University, January 1992.)

This thought-provoking critique of postmodern theory provides an overview of issues as they relate to management and organization theory and its history, and assembles a variety of important works on postmodern philosophy - including feminist and cultural postmodern philosophies. Addressing the future of the postmodern influence on management and organization theory and method, the book also establishes an agenda for future research.

Presenting a rich overview of the increasingly important issue of ethics for management and organizations, this book addresses the current debates from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book will be of value to advanced level students and academics engaged in analyzing the moral, political and ethical dimensions of organization theory and organizational practice.

This book is a collection of the best seventeen papers from the first Management Theory Conference held at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, California, on September 27 and 28, 2013. The authors of these papers are some of the best management researchers in the world, including: Anette Mikes, Robert S. Kaplan, and Amy C. Edmondson (Harvard Business School); Sarah Harvey (University College London); Randall S. Peterson (London Business School); Jack A. Goncalo and Verena Krause (.

Ethics and Organization provides a rich and valuable overview of an increasingly important issue for management and organizations in contemporary society. Debates about equal opportunities, environmental responsibility, consumer redress and corporate governance have given ethics a prominent place in the study of organizations in their social and natural environments. Within the organization, new management styles that seek to energize employees by manipulating their beliefs have highlighted the moral-ethical principles at issue in contemporary management. At the same time debates around postmo

The theme of ISOQOL's 19th Annual Conference in Budapest, Hungary, was The Journey of Quality of Life Research: A Path Towards Personalized Medicine. Innovations in e-health was one of four plenary panels. E-health is changing the landscape of clinical practice and health care, but the best way to leverage the many promised benefits of emerging e-health technologies is still not clear. The Innovations in e-health panel presented emerging changes in technologies and applications that will facilitate clinical decision making, improve quality and efficiency of care, engage individuals in clinical decision making, and empower them to adopt healthy behaviors. The purpose of this paper was to present emerging trends in e-health and considerations for successful adoption of new technologies, and an overview of each of the presentations in the e-health plenary. The presentations included a personal perspective on the use of technology for self-monitoring in Parkinson's disease, an overview of online social networks and emerging technologies, and the collection of patient-reported outcomes through web-based systems in clinical practice. The common thread across all the talks was the application of e-health tools to empower individuals with chronic disease to be actively engaged in the management of their health. Considerations regarding data ownership and privacy, universal access to e-health, interactivity between different types of e-health technologies, and tailoring applications to individual needs were explored.

Work-family researchers have had much success in encouraging both organizations and individuals to recognize the importance of achieving greater balance in life. Work and Life Integration addresses the intersect between work, life, and family in new and interesting ways. It discusses current challenges in dealing with work-life integration issues and sets the stage for future research agendas. The book enlightens the research community and informs the public debates on how workplaces can be made more family sensitive by providing contributions from psychologists, sociologists, and economists who have not shied away from asserting the policy implications of their findings. This text appeals to both practitioners and academics interested in seeking ways to create meaningful lives. Contents: Series Forewords. Foreword. Part I: Introductory Chapters. E.E. Kossek, S.J. Lambert, \"Work-Life Scholarship\": Voice and Context. S.M. MacDermid, (Re)Considering Conflict Between Work and Family. Part II: Organizational Perspectives. F.J. Milliken, L.M. Dunn-Jensen, The Changing Time Demands of Managerial and Professional Work: Implications for Managing the Work-Life Boundary. P.M. Valcour, L.W. Hunter, Technology, Organizations, and Work-Life Integration. K.H. Roberts, V.M. Desai, P. Madsen, Organizational Reliability, Flexibility, and Security. S.J. Lambert, E. Waxman, Organizational Stratification: Distributing Opportunities for Balancing Work and Personal Life. P. Moss, H. Salzman, C. Tilly, When Firms Restructure: Understanding Work-Life Outcomes. K.L. Sutton, R.A. Noe, Family-Friendly Programs and Work-Life Integration: More Myth Than Magic? J.K. Fletcher, L. Bailyn, The Equity Imperative: Redesigning Work for Work-Family Integration. Part III: Individual Perspectives. A. Friede, A.M. Ryan, The Importance of the Individual: How Self-Evaluations Influence the Work-Family Interface. J.R. Edwards, N.P. Rothbard, Work and Family Stress and Well-Being: An Integrative Model of Person-Environment Fit Within and Between the Work and Family Domains. E.E. Kossek, B.A. Lautsch, S.C. Eaton, Flexibility Enactment Theory: Implications of Flexibility Type, Control, and Boundary Management for Work-Family Effectiveness. S.A.Y. Poelmans, The Decision Process Theory of Work and Family. M.D. Lee, S.M. MacDermid, P.L. Dohring, E.E. Kossek, Professionals Becoming Parents: Socialization, Adaptation, and Identity Transformation. J.N. Cleveland, What Is Success? Who Defines It?: Perspectives on the Criterion Problem as It Relates to Work and Family. Part IV: Cultural and Social Perspectives. S. Lewis, L. Haas, Work-Life Integration and Social Policy: A Social Justice Theory and Gender Equity Approach to Work and Family. W.R. Poster, Three Reasons for a Transnational Approach to Work-Life Policy. A.C. Edmondson, J.R. Detert, The Role of Speaking Up in Work-Life Balancing. S.I. Giga, C.L. Cooper, The Development of Psychosocial Capital in Organizations: Implications for Work and Family Life. K. Hopkins, Supervisor Support and Work-Life Integration: A Social Identity Perspective. M. Pitt-Catsouphes, B. Googins, Recasting the Work-Family Agenda as a Corporate Social Responsibility. Part V: Summary Chapters: Future Directions. M.N. Ruderman, Connecting Theory and Practice. S.J. Lambert, E.E. Kossek, Future Frontiers: Enduring Challenges and Established Assumptions in the Work-Life Field. \"In sum, this book meets many of its ambitious goals It focuses on the work-side of work life issues, and emphasizes, balance, coping and enrichment in addition to work family conflict.. The volume offers a strong collection of studies that will help scholars stay current in a rapidly growing field.\" — Administrative Science Quarterly, December, 2005 \"Lambert hopes that Work and Life Integration will add to the debate on balancing the two, and perhaps inform government decisions. 'It highlights a need for social policy'...arguing that too much responsibility is left to the employers.\" — CHICAGO Magazine \"There is much more in the book that is new, important, and deserving of attention...Great work...congrats to editors for an outstanding job!\" — Work and Family Connection \"...this volume immediately serves two useful purposes for academic researchers. First, the editors' introductory and final chapters provide a critical review of a large portion of the work-life area. Second, the individual contributions function as an encyclopedia of primarily U.S.-based research. This volume offers a strong collection of studies that will help scholars stay current in a rapidly growing field.\" — Administration Science Quarterly \"...editors Ellen Kossek and Susan Lambert bring together individual, cultural, and organizational perspectives, crafting a framework to anchor a rich and varied range of interpretations of the work-family nexus. Indeed, 'Work and Life Integration: Organizational, Cultural and Individual Perspectives' offers academicians and practitioners an array of ideas, theories, and strategies more diverse and extensive than those typically found in books of this genre. Thus, the collection should advance scholarship and practice in work-family field.\" — Social Science \"The past, present, and future are brilliantly captured in Kossek and Lambert's far-reaching volume on work-life integration. A remarkable array of chapters by outstanding scholars examines the impact of technological, global and organizational changes on work-life issues. The editors have provided readers with an unprecedented opportunity to understand how the intersection of work and personal life is affected by a rich assortment of individual, organizational, and societal factors. Researchers and practitioners alike should emerge from this timely and significant book energized and inspired to face the challenges that lie ahead.\" — Jeffery H. Greenhaus Drexel University \"Focusing on the 'work-side of work-life,' Kossek and Lambert's volume brings fresh perspectives to the work-life arena. Crafted to inspire researchers, practitioners and policy makers, this work advances the work-life agenda by advocating a new business case steeped in social responsibility. Sure to be a catalyst for major advancements in the work-life field, this book is a must read for work-life scholars of every discipline.\" — Debra A. Major Old Dominion University \"The volume makes a substantial contribution to work and family research by moving away from outdated theories and by tackling the field's toughest issues. The authors bring much needed clarity by defining this sphere of study as an examination of relationships across both work and personal life, and, at the same time, expanding the context of this research to include missing areas, such as the labor market on one end of the spectrum and personality on the other.\" — Ellen Galinsky President, Families and Work Institute \"Work and Life Integration makes a significant contribution to the work-life literature by addressing the intersections among organizational structure, job design, organizational culture, and individual differences. The authors reveal the complexities involved in understanding the conditions under which employer policies and practices enhance the ability of individuals to coordinate their work and personal lives effectively. The insights provided by the book will enrich the efforts of scholars, work-life professionals, and organizational leaders and members as they address work-life issues from their multiple perspectives.\" — Patricia Voydanoff University of Dayton

Using both a new data set of labor union appearances in congressional hearings and archival data on union organizational resources, this article analyzes factors that determine whether a labor union will be represented in congressional hearing testimony in a given year. Consistent with the expectations of resource mobilization theory, organizational resources are important predictors of participation in congressional hearings. For example, membership is an important predictor of testimony in hearings, as is the number of lobbyists on staff and the character of a union's primary industry. However, membership in the AFL-CIO federation is negatively related to hearing participation, and some of the benefits of having a large membership base may be diminishing over time. Implications for the study of interest group politics and organizational political strategies are discussed.

This book is the first in a series of volumes which explore perspectives on process theories, an emerging approach to the study of organizations that focuses on (understanding) activities, interactions, and change as essential properties of organizations rather than structures and state — an approach which prioritizes activity over product, change over persistence, novelty over continuity, and expression over determination. Process and sensemaking may be seen as mutually interlocking phenomena and, as such, are cornerstones in process thinking, This book brings together contributions from an international group of scholars energized by process organization studies. The chapters offer perspectives from different disciplines, insights from diverse theoretical traditions and contexts, and parallels made with a range of cultural forms, including art, poetry, and cookery. The chapters exhibit a clear emphasis on a process ontology, process theorizing, and narrative thinking. Recurrent themes emerge that distinguish process theorizing from the more logico-scientific, variance-oriented research that dominates organization studies today.