Theorizing the sharing economy : variety and trajectories of new forms of organizing /

This volume takes advantage of this opportunity by presenting a collection of empirical and conceptual work that explores the variety and the trajectories of new forms of organizing in the sharing economy, and in doing so builds on, rejuvenates, and refines existing organization theories.

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Group Author: Maurer, Indre (Editor); Mair, Johanna, 1967- (Editor); Oberg, Achim, 1972- (Editor)
Published: Emerald Publishing,
Publisher Address: Bingley, UK :
Publication Dates: 2020.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Research in the sociology of organizations, Volume 66
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Summary: This volume takes advantage of this opportunity by presenting a collection of empirical and conceptual work that explores the variety and the trajectories of new forms of organizing in the sharing economy, and in doing so builds on, rejuvenates, and refines existing organization theories.
Item Description: The Commons: Toward Decentralized and Shared Governance
Carrier Form: xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781787561809
1787561801
Index Number: HD2961
CLC: F276.2
Call Number: F276.2/T396
Contents: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributor Biographies -- Variety and Trajectories of New Forms of Organizing in the Sharing Economy: A Research Agenda -- Descriptions of the Sharing Economy as a Phenomenon of Variety and Dynamics -- A Framework for Theorizing the Sharing Economy -- Methodological Approach -- Levels of Analysis -- Understanding the Variety of New Forms of Organizing -- Exploratory Goal: Emergent Structuring of Variety Versus Governing Variety -- Explanatory Mechanism: Cognition Versus Practice -- Types of Theoretical Inquiry for Understanding Variety
Understanding Trajectories of New Forms of Organizing -- From Variety to Order -- From Order to Variety -- Overview of Individual Chapters -- Situating the Volume in Contemporary Research on Organizations -- Notes -- References -- Market, Hierarchy, or Clan? Types of Governance in the Sharing Economy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Theory -- Community and Governance in the Sharing Economy -- The Variety of Community Governance -- The Concept of Governance Structure -- Research Approach and Sample -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Findings -- Pure Market -- Pure Clan -- Market-Hierarchy Hybrid
Clan-Hierarchy Hybrid -- Conclusion and Discussion -- Note -- References -- Shaping Emotional Labor Practices in the Sharing Economy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Emotional Labor -- Emotional Labor in the Sharing Economy -- Research Design -- Quantitative Surveys -- Linear Regression -- Sample and Data -- Measures -- Method -- Results -- Correspondence Analysis -- Qualitative Platform Analysis -- Data and Sample -- Method -- Results -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix A: Descriptive Statistics -- Appendix B: Correlations
An Institutional Logics Perspective on the Gig Economy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Institutional Logics -- The Historical Configuration of Corporation, Market, and State Logics -- Institutional Misalignments in the Platform Economy -- Parallel Market Logics -- Parallel Corporation Logics -- Weakening State Logics -- Where Gig and Sharing Platforms Differ -- Resolving Institutional Misalignments -- Band Aid Solutions -- Corporation Logic -- Market Logic -- Community Logic -- Research Agenda -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References
The Sharing Economy as an Emerging and Contested Field -- how Classic and Institutional Entrepreneurs Cope With Plural Theoretical Frames -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Framings Plurality and Entrepreneurship in Emerging and Contested Fields -- The SE: An Essentially Contested Concept -- Plural Framings and Entrepreneurial Action -- Institutional Entrepreneurship and Theorization in a Pluralistic Field -- Methodology -- Results -- Access Economy, Gift, Commons, and Libertarianism -- The Access Economy: Shifting from Property to Usage -- The Gift Economy: The Importance of "Social Relationships."