Data in Organization Studies

Stablein, Ralph

doi:10.4135/9781848608030.n10

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“…While acknowledging the differences in these conditions, there are a few points we would like to make in defense. First, students have been quite extensively used in IS research on virtual teams (e.g., Jarvenpaa and Leidner 1999;Kayworth and Leidner 1999;Warkentin et al 1999), and the widespread acceptance of such data within the subcommunity of MIS scholars conducting research in this area legitimizes the use of student data (Stablein 1999). Second (more importantly), the teams in our study were working with real business organizations on problems for which managers wanted solutions.…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Understanding Virtual Team Development: An Interpretive Study

Sarker¹,

Sahay²

2003

JAIS

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In this paper, we develop an understanding of how virtual teams develop over time by inductively studying communication transactions of 12 United States-Canadian student virtual teams involved in ISD. Our analysis is based upon two influential streams of social science research: (1) interaction analysis, which aided in the examination of the micro-processes of communication among members of a virtual team, and (2) structuration theory, which provided a meta-framework to help link the microlevel communication patterns with the more macro-structures representing the environmental context as well as the characteristics of teams over time. Based on our interpretation of the communication patterns in the virtual teams, we propose a theoretical model to describe how virtual teams develop over the life of a project, and also attempt to clarify how the concepts of communication, virtual team development, and collaboration are related.

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Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Understanding Virtual Team Development: An Interpretive Study

Sarker¹,

Sahay²

2003

JAIS

119

109

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“…Transcripts and field notes were manually coded and categorized surfacing the themes discussed shortly. This followed a traditional method of analyzing ethnographic data in relation to emergent and apriori phenomena which were then explored sequentially to achieve an iterative and analytically robust interpretation (Stablein, 2006). Finally we developed a coding tree around the themes of control, freedom, cynicism, identification and managerial objectives.…”

Section: The Case Of Sunray Customer Servicementioning

confidence: 99%

‘Being yourself ’ in the electronic sweatshop: New forms of normative control

2010

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This paper aims to extend research about high-commitment management practices in tightly controlled work environments. It does so by studying developments in normative control in a call-centre. Contra conventional normative controls (which emphasize shared values and collective identification), we observed employees being encouraged to 'just be themselves', especially in relation to lifestyle differences and diverse identities. Although this afforded some important freedoms, we take a critical view. The managerial discourse sought to harness workers' pre-existing identities in a way which captures their 'sociality' (thereby enhancing the quality of interactive emotional labour). At the same time, it detracts attention from the dysfunctions of extant call-centre controls associated with technology, bureaucracy and culture management.Building on a study of workers' experiences, this paper provides an analysis of a significant development in normative control. It presents a critical appraisal of its relationship to conventional controls and shows how 'freedom' in the call-centre and other contexts where such regimes prevail is not all that it seems.

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“…However, it is hard to escape the feeling that it would have been comforting to know that the theory you choose to use when entering the practical field had been scrutinized by other researchers, and that you were actually standing on the shoulders of giants. As Stablein (2006) remarks, the "we" is important in organizational research; social science is a social practice. If the ambition is to be an applied science, the tendency toward laissez-faire, or, to put it in more positive terms, to "let a thousand flowers bloom," does not seem very productive if you prefer to use a "good theory," that is, a theory where there is a consensus on its validity status (McKinley, 2010).…”

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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants? Exploring Consensus on the Validity Status of Mintzberg’s Configuration Theory After a Negative Test

Krabberød¹

2015

Sage Open

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This article explores the degree of consensus on the validity status of Mintzberg’s configuration theory following a test in which the theory was refuted. The 218 articles that have cited the award-winning article by Doty, Glick, and Huber, and 89 articles and 12 books published by Mintzberg after the test, are reviewed. None of the reviewed articles contained any discussion about the implications for Mintzberg’s theory. It is then discussed whether the test was exhaustive and whether the lack of debate should be interpreted as tacit agreement with Doty et al. Normative aspects of a silent research community are also discussed. It is argued that it has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt that the test is exhaustive and that there are sociological explanations for the lack of debate other than “silence implies agreement.” Finally, it is argued that it would have been fruitful if the test had stirred debate.

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Data in Organization Studies

Cited by 29 publications

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Understanding Virtual Team Development: An Interpretive Study

Understanding Virtual Team Development: An Interpretive Study

‘Being yourself ’ in the electronic sweatshop: New forms of normative control

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants? Exploring Consensus on the Validity Status of Mintzberg’s Configuration Theory After a Negative Test

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