摘要
组织理论是有关组织现象的松散理论集群。由于缺乏清晰定义的研究客体、主流的研究方法和强有力但是简练的假设,组织理论内部频繁地出现紧张和分裂的现象。对组织理论历史发展的回顾和评论构成了对于组织的边界和内容进行规范理论界定的实用替代。本文通过文献回顾,探讨组织理论发展过程中三个重要支流的互动关系,即组织实践、多学科进入和范式演进之间的内在关系。论文的研究表明,组织实践的丰富性、多学科进入的宽口径和范式共识的缺乏,构成组织理论研究的重要特征。
Organization theories (OTs) are loosely connected around organizational phenomena. Due to lack of well-defined research objects, mainstream research methods, and powerful but parsimonious assumptions, OTs frequently experience internal tension and even disintegration. Consequently, a historical review of the development of OTs functions as a pragmatic substitute of normative theorization in defining the boundary and contents of this field. In this paper I review the literature of OTs by focusing on the interactive relationships between three branches in the development of OTs: organizational practice, entry of multiple disciplines, and the evolution of paradigms. My research demonstrates that the richness of organizational practice, the easiness of the penetration of multiple disciplines, and the lack of paradigm consensus characterize the research field of OTs.
出处
《社会》
CSSCI
北大核心
2006年第6期165-189,212,共25页
Chinese Journal of Sociology
关键词
组织理论
实践
范式
organization theory, practice, paradigm
