Essai: From iron cages to liquid modernity in organization analysis

Clegg, S; Baumeler, C

Essai: From iron cages to liquid modernity in organization analysis

Clegg, S

Baumeler, C

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Organization Studies, 2010, 31 (12), pp. 1713 - 1733
Issue Date:: 2010-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Baumeler, C	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Organization Studies, 2010, 31 (12), pp. 1713 - 1733	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0170-8406	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/15782
dc.description.abstract	Historically, the metaphor of the iron cage, as a key component of Weber's sociological imagination, has played a central role in organization studies. It did so both in its initial role in the sociology of bureaucracy and in its reinterpretation in institutional terms. More recently, there have been claims that the metaphors should change. The implications of this for the analysis of organization are the subject of this paper. To address these changes, we draw on debates that have been current in the sociology of consumption, where there is an emergent consensus that there has been a shift to an increasingly liquid modernity. We ask, what are the implications of liquid modernity when viewed not solely in the sphere of consumption but when we shift focus back to the sphere of production - to organizations? © The Author(s), 2010.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Organization Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0170840610387240	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	Essai: From iron cages to liquid modernity in organization analysis	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	12	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	31	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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pubs.issue	12	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	31	en_US

Abstract:

Historically, the metaphor of the iron cage, as a key component of Weber's sociological imagination, has played a central role in organization studies. It did so both in its initial role in the sociology of bureaucracy and in its reinterpretation in institutional terms. More recently, there have been claims that the metaphors should change. The implications of this for the analysis of organization are the subject of this paper. To address these changes, we draw on debates that have been current in the sociology of consumption, where there is an emergent consensus that there has been a shift to an increasingly liquid modernity. We ask, what are the implications of liquid modernity when viewed not solely in the sphere of consumption but when we shift focus back to the sphere of production - to organizations? © The Author(s), 2010.

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