Perspective - Finding the Organization in Organizational Theory: A Meta-Theory of the Organization as a Social Actor

By Brayden G. King, Teppo Felin, David A. Whetten. Organ. Sci., 2010

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Subfields: Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Forging an Identity: An Insider-outsider Study of Processes Involved in the Formation of Organizational Identity (2010, background): “…actor view, however, organizational identity is a property of the organization itself as an entity, or social actor (see Whetten and Mackey, 2002; King, Felin, and Whetten, 2010), and is discernable mainly by the patterns of an organization’s entity-level commitments and actions (Corley et al.,…”
Keeping up Appearances (2013, background): “…University at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on November 18, 2015asq.sagepub.comDownloaded from Organizations are strategic actors, intent on maintaining their social position and influencing their environment (Oliver, 1991; Fligstein, 1997, 2001; King, Felin, and Whetten, 2010).”
The Theory-Based View: Economic Actors as Theorists (2017, neutral): “Though some aspects of this view of strategy and markets have been discussed before (e.g., Felin and Zenger, 2009; Felin and Zenger, 2014; King et al., 2010; Nickerson and Zenger, 2004; Zenger, 2013), this paper significantly extends these arguments—into cognitive and organizational domains—and…”
The endogenous origins of experience, routines, and organizational capabilities: the poverty of stimulus (2010, background): “Furthermore, the organization itself, as an actor, might be studied to understand its underlying nature, such as the identity-related choices of organizations (King et al., 2010).”
The impact of person-job fit and person-organization fit on OCB The mediating and moderating effects of organizational commitment and psychological empowerment (2014, background): “community to meet their needs and defend their rights (Lee, 2001). Relying on empowerment theory, Spreitzer (1995) operationalise the multifaceted PE construct within the work context.”
Not All Sparks Light a Fire: Stakeholder and Shareholder Reactions to Critical Events in Contested Markets (2017, background): “…have stressed, firms are social actors that not only are influenced by individuals, shaped by communities, and transformed by their environments but that can, in turn, ‘‘exert influence on individuals, shape communities, and transform their environments’’ (King, Felin, and Whetten, 2010: 292).”
From inconsistency to hypocrisy: When does “saying one thing but doing another” invite condemnation? (2018, background): “Reactions to a team or organization whose actions are misaligned with its espoused values often resemble reactions to individuals who fail to practice what they preach perhaps because people treat work teams and organizations as “social actors” that have many of the same cognitive capacities as indi”
Lords of the Harvest: Third-Party Influence and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms (2013, positive): “Legitimacy, in particular, can shape the perceptions of legislators, Cabinet members, and other key resource holders, and thus affect an agency’s autonomy, discretion, and resource acquisition (Carpenter, 2001; Deephouse & Suchman, 2008; King et al., 2010).”