Excited to announce the first full issue of Journal of Organizational Sociology! Take a look at the issue here and read the introductory essay to find out what the journal is for – and why it might be for you, too.

Does your research involve technology and field theory? Then our upcoming JOSO special issue “Technology and the Organization of Fields” might be for you! CfP: Read it, share it, and submit your proposals by 15 December.

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Meet JOSo@EGOS Colloquium 2024! Chief editor Michael Grothe-Hammer will answer all your questions at the Colloquium's “Meet the Editors” session from 18.15-19.00. Come and find us at University Milano-Bioccia, Building U6, Room U6-P0-01e (Ground floor).

The first two journal ratings for JOSo are in! Level 1 by the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers: and level B by the German Academic Association for Business Research:

How are ICT standards implemented in organizational practices? Based on a qualitative case study of a smart grid project, this article illustrates that formal and informal adoption of an ICT standard can diverge considerably:

This article investigates how and why market boundaries are ordered through organization. Based on a longitudinal study of a financial market, the authors analyze the organization and reorganization of market demarcations and boundaries:

Drawing on Foucault, this paper highlights the role of external disruption in novelty generation and articulates a moderating mechanism of perceptual nature, illustrated by a discussion of the role of Japanism in late 19th-century Western European art:

Read now in issue 2 of JOSo: In this essay, Richard Swedberg compares two approaches to social theory, "theory as text" and "theory as activities", and discusses the role that theory can play in social research:

This work examines how one of the eminent financiers of the 19th century used visual iconography to associate himself firmly with business masculinity, an association that helped him to overcome severe socio-historical barriers in his economic trajectory: .

REMINDER: Tomorrow, the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research is hosting a launch event for the Journal of Organizational Sociology. Date& Time: October 19, 2023, 3-4.30 pm. Register and come by in person or attend via Zoom! More info: 📷

This study of decision-making processes in U.S. higher education shows how gendered and racialized inequalities persist despite widespread awareness of the problem and formal policies designed to bring about organizational change:

New in JOSo: This analysis of digital platforms for selling firms shows how these platforms fuel marketization by reframing firm ownership transfer from a gift passed on within the family to a commodity traded on a market.

The Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research is hosting a launch event for the Journal of Organizational Sociology. Date& Time: October 19, 2023, 3-4.30 pm. Register and come by in person or attend via Zoom! More info:

In the series “Beacons of Organizational Sociology”, we publish first-time translations of papers that have shaped debates in non-English-speaking countries. Our first beacon is an elaborate application of Anthony Giddens social theory to organizations:.

Comparing the fight against Covid-19 in France and Sweden, this study reconstructs how national strategies evolved from complex organizational arrangements as contrasting combinations of loose/tight coupling and exploration/exploitation.

Read now why organizational dynamics in the police are crucial for understanding terrorism prevention and how such dynamics contributed to the premature closure of an investigation into the eventual perpetrator of a terrorist attack in Berlin.

A hermeneutic study of work in a Sri Lankan tea plantation showing how agency is embedded in everyday relationships. Challenging mainstream concepts of agency, the authors suggest an alternative approach to understanding non-Western forms of social order.

We are happy to announce the new Journal of Organizational Sociology, which has just launched and is open for submissions: The journal is Open Access with no costs for authors and readers. The first issue will appear in 2023. More:.

“This [RC17] monograph showcases some recent developments in the sociology of organizations, mapping out the most productive relationships between current social scientific work on organizations and core theoretical and empirical concerns in the discipline of sociology” (editors).