English
 
Help Privacy Policy Disclaimer
  Advanced SearchBrowse

Item

ITEM ACTIONSEXPORT
 
 
DownloadE-Mail
  The Decline of Organizational Sociology? An Empirical Analysis of Research Trends in Leading Journals Across Half a Century

Grothe-Hammer, M., & Kohl, S. (2020). The Decline of Organizational Sociology? An Empirical Analysis of Research Trends in Leading Journals Across Half a Century. Current Sociology, 68(4), 419-442. doi:10.1177/0011392120907627.

Item is

Files

show Files
hide Files
:
CS_68_2020_Kohl.pdf (Any fulltext), 665KB
Name:
CS_68_2020_Kohl.pdf
Description:
Full text open access
OA-Status:
Visibility:
Public
MIME-Type / Checksum:
application/pdf / [MD5]
Technical Metadata:
Copyright Date:
-
Copyright Info:
-
License:
-

Locators

show
hide
Locator:
https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392120907627 (Publisher version)
Description:
Full text via publisher
OA-Status:

Creators

show
hide
 Creators:
Grothe-Hammer, Michael1, 2, Author
Kohl, Sebastian3, 4, Author           
Affiliations:
1Institute of Social Sciences, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany, ou_persistent22              
2Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, ou_persistent22              
3Soziologie des Marktes, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214556              
4Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Sweden, ou_persistent22              

Content

show
hide
Free keywords: Content analysis, journal publishing, organization theory, organizational sociology, sociology of science, topic model; Analyses de contenus, modèle du sujet, publications, revues, sociologie des sciences, sociologie organisationnelle, théorie de l’organisation; Análisis de contenidos, publicaciones, revistas, sociología de la ciencia, sociología organizacional, teoría de la organización, topic model
 Abstract: Recent works see organizational sociology at the brink of irrelevance. Against this backdrop, in this article the authors want to explore the current state of organizational sociology empirically. They employ a variety of manual, automated and semi-automated content analyses to examine research articles published in generalist sociology journals since the 1950s. Contrary to contemporary pessimistic assessments, the results indicate that organizational sociology has not significantly declined over time. However, the study finds an increasing concentration on quantitative research designs, business-related topics, and only two dominant theory perspectives – neo-institutionalism and the network approach. A multifaceted decrease in variety rather than an absolute decline could be the right diagnosis.
 Abstract: De récents travaux voient la sociologie organisationnelle au bord de la non-pertinence. Dans ce contexte, nous voulons explorer empiriquement l’état actuel de la sociologie organisationnelle. Nous utilisons une variété d’analyses de contenu manuelles, automatisées et semi-automatisées pour analyser les articles de recherche publiés dans les revues de sociologie généraliste depuis les années 1950. Contrairement aux évaluations pessimistes contemporaines, nos résultats indiquent que la sociologie organisationnelle n'a pas diminué de façon significative au fil du temps. Cependant, nous constatons une concentration croissante sur les modèles de recherche quantitative, les sujets liés aux entreprises à partir de deux perspectives théoriques dominantes – à savoir le néo-institutionnalisme et l’approche en réseau. Une diminution multiforme de la variété plutôt qu'un déclin absolu pourrait être le problème.
 Abstract: Los trabajos recientes tienden a ver la sociología organizacional al borde de la irrelevancia. En este contexto queremos explorar empíricamente el estado actual de esta disciplina, mediante una variedad de análisis de contenido manuales, automatizados y semiautomatizados sobre artículos de investigación publicados en diversas revistas de sociología desde la década de 1950. Contra ese pesimismo contemporáneo, nuestros resultados indican que la sociología organizacional no ha disminuido significativamente en este tiempo. Lo que encontramos es una creciente concentración en los diseños cuantitativos de investigación y los temas relacionados con la empresa a partir de dos perspectivas teóricas dominantes: el neoinstitucionalismo y el enfoque de redes. El problema podría radicar en la reducción de la variedad de enfoques y no en una disminución general.

Details

show
hide
Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020-03-102020
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: -
 Publishing info: -
 Table of Contents: Introduction
Background and expectations
Data and methods
Results
Discussion
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1177/0011392120907627
 Degree: -

Event

show

Legal Case

show

Project information

show

Source 1

show
hide
Title: Current Sociology
Source Genre: Journal
 Creator(s):
Affiliations:
Publ. Info: -
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 68 (4) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 419 - 442 Identifier: ISSN: 0011-3921
ISSN: 1461-7064

Source 2

show
hide
Title: Disappearing Organization
Source Genre: Issue
 Creator(s):
Affiliations:
Publ. Info: -
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: - Identifier: -