Relational Perspectives in Organizational Studies

Edited by Olympia Kyriakidou, The American College of Greece, Greece and Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University of London, UK

• Contents:1. IntroductionOlivia Kyriakidou and Mustafa F. Özbilgin2. Relational Identities in Organizations: Healthy versus UnhealthyBlake E. Ashforth and David M. Sluss3. Identity Orientation and Networking: A Relational Framework for Understanding Attitudes Toward Change ImplementationOlivia Kyriakidou4. Relational Perspectives on Collective Learning and Knowledge CreationDavid R. Schwandt, M. Turan Ayvaz and Margaret D. Gorman5. Relational Coordination: Coordinating Work through Relationships of Shared Goals, Shared Knowledge and Mutual RespectJody Hoffer Gittell6. Stress and Burnout: A Relational PerspectiveAyala Malach Pines7. Venturing as a Relational ProcessMine Karatas-Özkan and William D. Murphy8. Relational Cohesion Model of Organizational CommitmentJeongkoo Yoon and Edward J. Lawler9. Trust and Commitment in the MarketYoshimichi Sato10. Social Relational Contexts and Self-Organizing InequalityCecilia L. Ridgeway11. Interorganizational Cooperation between Not-for-Profit Organizations: A Relational AnalysisJulie Battilana and Metin Sengul12. Knowledge Integration in Turbulent Environments: A Relational PerspectiveLaura A. Costanzo13. Relational Methods in Organization Studies: A Review of the FieldMustafa F. Özbilgin14. Discourses of Relations and Relational ProcessesDian Marie Hosking15. Toward the Development of a Truly Relational Approach to the Study of Organizational Behaviors: Further Consideration of the Committed-to-Participant Research PerspectiveThomas A. Wright16. ConclusionsMustafa F. Özbilgin and Olivia KyriakidouIndex

'This book seems long overdue and, as its title, A Research Companion, promises, it will prove to be just that for any serious scholar doing work in organization studies. The book will be particularly useful for those studying issues of identity and inequality, power and hierarchical control in organizations, discourses of relationality, new organizational structures, the role of relationships in organizational commitment, trust and learning, and organizational change entrepreneurship, creativity, and networks - novices and seasoned researches alike. It is possible that organization studies scholars will never do research in the same way they used to after reading this book.'