Qualitative Studies of Organizations

Foreword - Christine Oliver and Linda Johanson Different Strokes - John Van Maanen Qualitative Research in the Administrative Science Quarterly from 1956 to 1996 PART ONE: STUDIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES The Role of Expectations in Business Decision Making - R M Cyert,W R Dill and J G March Intense Loyalty in Organizations - Patricia A Adler and Peter Adler A Case Study of College Athletics In Search of Rationality - Ann Langley The Purposes behind the Use of Formal Analysis in Organizations PART TWO: STUDIES OF GROUPS IN ORGANIZATIONS The Macropolitics of Organizational Change - Robert E Cole A Comparative Analysis of the Spread of Small-Group Activities Tightening the Iron Cage - James R Barker Concertive Control in Self-Managing Work Teams Status Degradation and Organizational Succession - Robert P Gephart Jr An Ethnomethodological Approach PART THREE: STUDIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CHANGE The Organizational Saga in Higher Education - Burton R Clark The Reluctant Organization and the Aggressive Environment - John Maniha and Charles Perrow From Evangelism to General Service - Mayer N Zald and Patricia Denton Wallace The Transformation of the YMCA The Creative-Destructive Process of Organizational Change - Nicole Woolsey Biggart The Case of the Post Office PART FOUR: STUDIES OF THE SOCIETAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT Organizational Effectiveness and the Institutional Environment - Paul M Hirsch Authority,Organization and Societal Context in Multinational Churches - Reed E Nelson The Dynamics of Institutionalization - Petter Holm Transformation Processes in Norwegian Fisheries