Managing Boundaries in Organizations

FRANÇOIS BÉLAND Professor in the Department of Health Administration, University of MontrealFREDRIK VON CORSWANT Department of Operations Management, Chalmers University, SwedenDIANNE CYR Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, CanadaJEAN-LOUIS DENIS Professor of Health Adminstration, University of MontrealANNA DUBOIS Associate Professor, Industrial Marketing, Chalmers University, SwedenPETER FREDRIKSSON Department of Operations Management, Chalmers University, SwedenCHRISTINA GARSTEN Associate Professor of Social Anthropology, SCORE, SwedenBIRGIT JEVNAKER Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Management, SandvikaFRANS KAMSTEEG Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije University, AmsterdamHANNELE KERUSUO Researcher at the Center of Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research, University of Helsinki, FinlandANN LANGLEY Professor of Strategy, HEC, MontrealNICK MARSHALL Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Innovation Management, University of BrightonYAEL MELNIK Organizational Consultant specializing in cross-cultural working relationsCHRISTENA NIPPERT-ENG Associate Professor of Sociology, Illinois Institute of TechnologyNIKI PANTELI Lecturer in Information Systems at the University of BathANAT RAFAELI Professor and Chair of Social Sciences at Technion, Israel's Institute of TechnologyCHARO RODRIGUEZ Postdoctoral Fellow in Management, McGill UniversityBOAS SHAMIR Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, HebrewUniversity of JerusalemHAIZLEY TREVOR-SMITH Lecturer at Simon-Fraser University, CanadaIRIS VILNAI-YAVETZ PhD candidate, Technion, IsraelHARRY WELS Associate Professor, Vrije University, Amsterdam

• Introduction 'Who Are We Now?': Group Identity, Boundaries and the (Re)Organizing Process; N.Paulsen Enabling and Constraining Properties of Organizational Boundaries; T.Hernes Identity and Difference In Complex Projects: Why Boundaries still Matter In the Boubdaryless Organization; N.Marshall Virtual Interactions: Creating Impressions of Boundaries; N.Panteli Building E-Loyalty Across Cultures and Organizational Boundaries; D.Cyr & H.Trevor-Smith Industrial Designers As Boundary Workers; B.Jevnaker Organizing Activities in Industrial Networks: The Case Of Volvo S80; F.Von Corswant, A.Dubois & P.Fredriksson Managing Across Boundaries In Healthcare: The Forces For Change And Inertia; C.Rodriguez, A.Langley, F.Beland & J.Denis Boundaries In Healthcare Discussions: An Activity Theoretical Approach To The Analysis of Boundaries; H.Kerosuo Discerning Organizational Boundaries Through Physical Artifacts; A.Rafaeli & I.Vilnai-Yavetz Formidable Fences: Organizational Cooperation And Boundary Bullies In Zimbabwe; H.Wels Merging Identities, Reinventing Boundaries: The Survival Strategy of Catholic Development Aid In the Netherlands; F.Kamsteeg Colleague, Competitor, Or Client: Social Boundaries In Flexible Work Arrangements; C.Garsten Drawing The Line: Organizations and the Boundary Work Of 'Home' and 'Work'; C.Nippert-Eng Some Organizational Consequences Of Cultural Differences In Boundary Permeability; B.Shamir & Y.Melnik Epilogue: A Reflection And Future Directions; N.Paulsen & T.Hernes