Book contents
- Reconceptualizing Organizational Control
- Reconceptualizing Organizational Control
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Part I (Re-)introducing Organizational Control
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What Is Organizational Control?
- 3 A History of Organizational Control
- Part II Current State of Organizational Control
- Part III Quo Vadis Organizational Control?
- References
- Index
3 - A History of Organizational Control
from Part I - (Re-)introducing Organizational Control
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2024
- Reconceptualizing Organizational Control
- Reconceptualizing Organizational Control
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Part I (Re-)introducing Organizational Control
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What Is Organizational Control?
- 3 A History of Organizational Control
- Part II Current State of Organizational Control
- Part III Quo Vadis Organizational Control?
- References
- Index
Summary
In Chapter 3, we offer a brief review of the history of organizational control – from ancient bureaucracies to the behavioral theory of the firm – as well as a discussion of the theoretical foundation underlying organizational control research. We also present the results of a co-citation analysis examining 1,148 organizational control articles published between 1938 and 2022 to illuminate the field’s intellectual base and emerging research fronts. Based on the uncovered intellectual structure of the organizational control field, we review its constituent theories, outline its underlying assumptions, and briefly discuss the critical perspective on organizational control.
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- Reconceptualizing Organizational ControlManaging in the Age of Hybrid Workplaces, Artificial Intelligence, and the Gig Economy, pp. 34 - 70Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024