Transcending Structure-Agency in the Study of Organizations

Author: Berghahn Journals Vita   Berghahn Journals Philip  

Publisher: Berghahn Books

E-ISSN: 1752-2285|20|2|1-5

ISSN: 0967-201x

Source: Anthropology in Action, Vol.20, Iss.2, 2013-06, pp. : 1-5

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Abstract

What is the relation between our own daily activity and the organizations that almost all of us are members of? This seemingly simple question has dominated the social study of organizations for over a century, and the responses to it can be very broadly parcelled out into three alternative perspectives.