The Intellectual and Social Organization of the Sciences

by Whitley, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780199240456
• ISBN10: 0199240450
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Increasing attention is paid in the social sciences and management studies to the constitution and claims of different theories, perspectives, and "paradigms." This book is one of the most respected and robust analyses of these issues. For this new paperback edition Richard Whitley--a leading figure in European business education--has written a new introduction which addresses the particular epistemological issues of business management studies.

Author Biography

Richard Whitley is Professor of Organizational Sociology at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He has also held visiting academic appointments at the University of Hitotsubashi (1999-2000), the International University of Japan (1993), University of Hong Kong (1988), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris (1987), University of Amsterdam (1982), St Anthony's College, Oxford (1981), and the Inter-University Graduate School of Management, Delft, The Netherlands (1977, 1979).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Science Transformed? The Changing Nature of Knowledge Production at the End of the Twentieth Century	xi
The Modern Sciences as Reputational Work Organizations	1	(41)
Reputational Control over Scientific Work and the Growth of Employment Opportunities for Scientists	42	(39)
The Degree of Mutual Dependence Between Scientists and the Organization of Scientific Fields	81	(38)
The Degree of Task Uncertainty and the Organization of Scientific Fields	119	(34)
The Organizational Structure of Scientific Fields	153	(66)
The Contexts of Scientific Fields	219	(47)
Relationships between Scientific Fields and Changes in the Organization of the Sciences	266	(45)
Index	311