How Matter Matters: Objects, Artifacts, and Materiality in Organization Studies

by Davide Nicolini and Ann Langley

Book Overview

Although human lives towards the second half of the twentieth century became increasingly mediated by objects and artifacts and have depended heavily on the functioning of technical systems, materiality in a broad sense became relatively marginalized as a topic of research interest. This volume contributes to redressing the balance by drawing together the work of scholars involved in exploring the sociomaterial dimensions of organizational life. It...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199671532
• ISBN13: 9780199671533
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"