...Rafael Borim-de-Souza; Eric Ford Travis; Jacques Haruo Fukushigue Jan-Chiba; Beatriz Lima Zanoni; Pablo Henrique Paschoal Capucho Purpose This study aims to present, in the scope of organization studies, an interpretation of the dominant language variation on sustainability from the Bourdieusian...

... of relationships are embedded in the labor relations of cooperative activity: the entrepreneurial relationship, the employment relationship and the associate member relationship. This configuration contributes to achieving autonomy in the organization of labor and the reduction of risks linked to entrepreneurial...

.... As such, these organizational actors may be viewed as “institutional entrepreneurs” (DiMaggio, 1988)[ 2 ]. Entrepreneurs Sustainable development Government Organizations Norms Globalization As recent events such as the global economic meltdown and the migrant crisis in Europe vividly highlight, the world...

...Gaétan Breton; Saidatou Dicko Purpose – This paper aims to illustrate the resource dependency theory by making ties between the different resources needed by a firm and the members of the board through their allegiances to different organizations. Many researchers have explained the formation...

... reconfigure relations in organizations, i.e. how people coordinate between each other, but also meaning, i.e. how people interpret the fundamental meaning of their work content and tasks. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports findings from a longitudinal ethnographic study which investigates...

... of the logic of international organizations and CSR, one that is unlikely to crop up in the so‐called audited reports. Practical implications Informal economy gives rise to innovations and the development of a kind of entrepreneurship dissimilar to that of business schools and the very honorable “social...

...Rémi Jardat; Pascale de Rozario © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Psychological contract Organizations Corporate strategy Single‐loop learning First order change Since the former employment deal, based on a sustainable relationship and career paths perspective...

...Regular Editor; Yvon Pesqueux Purpose The concept of contract contributes extensively to an essentialist conception of the organization (the contract would then be its essence), a descriptive method (describing the organization as a contract or set of contracts), and a normative standpoint. More...

...Regular Editor; Rémi Jardat Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate to what extent Denise Rousseau's psychological contracts in organizations and Jean‐Jacques Rousseau's social contract present superficial or profound similarities. Having localized more precisely the lines of gaps between...

...' framework with historical and external comparisons. An internal comparison of the world of ideas, respectively, used by Jean‐Jacques Rousseau in du Contrat social (1762) and Denise M. Rousseau in Psychological Contracts in Organizations, Understanding Written and Unwritten Agreements...

...Laurent Magne Yvon   Pesqueux . Gouvernance et Privatisation . Paris : Presse Universitaire de France   2007 . 259 pp. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Governance Law Privatization Organizations Privatization is now perceived as rather...

...Bazin Yoann S.   Soule . Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press   2009 . 192 pp. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Corporate social responsibility Organizations Globalization Privatization...

... of literature for further thinking on such topics as management and organization. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 English literature Authorship General management Organizations Books Though of real knowledge there be little, yet of books there are plenty (Melville, 1851/1967, p. 117...

...Norman Jackson; Pippa Carter Purpose One obvious and troubling phenomenon in critical organisation studies (OS) is the lack of impact that the new epistemologies had on organisational practice. After about two decades of demonstrating the biases, poor explanatory power and latent dangers...

... research. This paper offers an original framework for the analysis of transnational corporations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Corporate governance Globalization Organizations Regulation Management research With its emphasis on contracts, the first model of corporate...