The Agency of Organizing
Perspectives and Case Studies
Herausgeber: Brummans, Boris H. J. M.
The Agency of Organizing
Perspectives and Case Studies
Herausgeber: Brummans, Boris H. J. M.
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The Agency of Organizing explains why the notion of agency is central to understanding what organizations are, how they come into existence, continue to exist, or fade away, and how they function. The chapters in this edited volume present seven different theoretical perspectives on agency in the dynamics of organizing.
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The Agency of Organizing explains why the notion of agency is central to understanding what organizations are, how they come into existence, continue to exist, or fade away, and how they function. The chapters in this edited volume present seven different theoretical perspectives on agency in the dynamics of organizing.
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 256
- Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 358g
- ISBN-13: 9781138655218
- ISBN-10: 113865521X
- Artikelnr.: 48221953
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 256
- Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 358g
- ISBN-13: 9781138655218
- ISBN-10: 113865521X
- Artikelnr.: 48221953
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Boris H. J. M. Brummans (PhD, Texas A&M University) is a Professor in the Département de Communication at the Université de Montréal in Canada. His research interests include agency, mindful organizing, organizational communication, organizational ethnography, and process philosophy. He has contributed chapters to several edited books and his articles appear in international peer-reviewed journals such as Communication Monographs, Human Relations, Information, Communication & Society, Management Communication Quarterly, Organization Studies, and Qualitative Inquiry. His edited volume, The Agency of Organizing: Perspectives and Case Studies, received the 2018 Outstanding Edited Book Award from the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association and he served as an Associate Editor of Management Communication Quarterly from 2015 to 2019. He also received college and university awards for his teaching excellence and was a Visiting Scholar at Seinan Gakuin University in Japan as well as the University of Bologna in Italy.
List of Illustrations
Foreword: Theorizing Agency by Making the Implicit Explicit
Linda L. Putnam
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Perspectives on the Agency of Organizing
Boris H. J. M. Brummans
2. The Distribution of Decision Rights at ICANN: A Luhmannian Perspective
on Agency
Steffen Blaschke
3. Being Able to Act Otherwise: The Role of Agency in the Four Flows at
2-1-1 and Beyond
Joel O. Iverson, Robert D. McPhee, and Cade W. Spaulding
4. Agency in Structurational Divergence and Convergence: Insights from
Nursing
Anne M. Nicotera
5. Targeting Alex: Brand as Agent in Communicative Capitalism
Dennis K. Mumby
6. Releasing/Translating Agency: A Postcolonial Disruption of the Master's
Voice among Liberian Market Women
Kirsten J. Broadfoot, Debashish Munshi, and Joëlle Cruz
7. Acting For, With, and Through: A Relational Perspective on Agency in
MSF's Organizing
François Cooren
8. Agential Encounters: Performativity and Affect Meet Communication in the
Bathroom
Karen Lee Ashcraft and Timothy R. Kuhn
9. Conclusion: Further Theoretical and Practical Reflections on Agency
George Cheney and Dean Ritz
About the Contributors
Index
Foreword: Theorizing Agency by Making the Implicit Explicit
Linda L. Putnam
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Perspectives on the Agency of Organizing
Boris H. J. M. Brummans
2. The Distribution of Decision Rights at ICANN: A Luhmannian Perspective
on Agency
Steffen Blaschke
3. Being Able to Act Otherwise: The Role of Agency in the Four Flows at
2-1-1 and Beyond
Joel O. Iverson, Robert D. McPhee, and Cade W. Spaulding
4. Agency in Structurational Divergence and Convergence: Insights from
Nursing
Anne M. Nicotera
5. Targeting Alex: Brand as Agent in Communicative Capitalism
Dennis K. Mumby
6. Releasing/Translating Agency: A Postcolonial Disruption of the Master's
Voice among Liberian Market Women
Kirsten J. Broadfoot, Debashish Munshi, and Joëlle Cruz
7. Acting For, With, and Through: A Relational Perspective on Agency in
MSF's Organizing
François Cooren
8. Agential Encounters: Performativity and Affect Meet Communication in the
Bathroom
Karen Lee Ashcraft and Timothy R. Kuhn
9. Conclusion: Further Theoretical and Practical Reflections on Agency
George Cheney and Dean Ritz
About the Contributors
Index
List of Illustrations
Foreword: Theorizing Agency by Making the Implicit Explicit
Linda L. Putnam
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Perspectives on the Agency of Organizing
Boris H. J. M. Brummans
2. The Distribution of Decision Rights at ICANN: A Luhmannian Perspective
on Agency
Steffen Blaschke
3. Being Able to Act Otherwise: The Role of Agency in the Four Flows at
2-1-1 and Beyond
Joel O. Iverson, Robert D. McPhee, and Cade W. Spaulding
4. Agency in Structurational Divergence and Convergence: Insights from
Nursing
Anne M. Nicotera
5. Targeting Alex: Brand as Agent in Communicative Capitalism
Dennis K. Mumby
6. Releasing/Translating Agency: A Postcolonial Disruption of the Master's
Voice among Liberian Market Women
Kirsten J. Broadfoot, Debashish Munshi, and Joëlle Cruz
7. Acting For, With, and Through: A Relational Perspective on Agency in
MSF's Organizing
François Cooren
8. Agential Encounters: Performativity and Affect Meet Communication in the
Bathroom
Karen Lee Ashcraft and Timothy R. Kuhn
9. Conclusion: Further Theoretical and Practical Reflections on Agency
George Cheney and Dean Ritz
About the Contributors
Index
Foreword: Theorizing Agency by Making the Implicit Explicit
Linda L. Putnam
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Perspectives on the Agency of Organizing
Boris H. J. M. Brummans
2. The Distribution of Decision Rights at ICANN: A Luhmannian Perspective
on Agency
Steffen Blaschke
3. Being Able to Act Otherwise: The Role of Agency in the Four Flows at
2-1-1 and Beyond
Joel O. Iverson, Robert D. McPhee, and Cade W. Spaulding
4. Agency in Structurational Divergence and Convergence: Insights from
Nursing
Anne M. Nicotera
5. Targeting Alex: Brand as Agent in Communicative Capitalism
Dennis K. Mumby
6. Releasing/Translating Agency: A Postcolonial Disruption of the Master's
Voice among Liberian Market Women
Kirsten J. Broadfoot, Debashish Munshi, and Joëlle Cruz
7. Acting For, With, and Through: A Relational Perspective on Agency in
MSF's Organizing
François Cooren
8. Agential Encounters: Performativity and Affect Meet Communication in the
Bathroom
Karen Lee Ashcraft and Timothy R. Kuhn
9. Conclusion: Further Theoretical and Practical Reflections on Agency
George Cheney and Dean Ritz
About the Contributors
Index







