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Organization Studies

Organization Studies

Published in Association with European Group for Organizational Studies
An international multidisciplinary journal devoted to the Studies of organizations, organizing, and the organized in and between societies

eISSN: 17413044 | ISSN: 01708406 | Current volume: 45 | Current issue: 10 Frequency: Monthly

Organization Studies (OS), published in collaboration with the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), is a global, peer-reviewed journal that promotes the understanding of organizations, organizing and the organized, and the societal relevance of that understanding. OS prompts engagement with organizations and organizing as psychological, social, economic, cultural, political, historical and philosophical phenomena, and is the leading journal in the development of relevant and impactful knowledge of how organizations and organizing shape and are shaped by societies.

OS welcomes innovative, high-quality research from all paradigms and disciplines that advance organization research. It promotes multidisciplinarity through research that engages across disciplinary boundaries; it invites all social science methodologies and methods that provide insights into organizations, organizing and the organized in and between societies. It encourages studies that reflect on the broader implications of their results.

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Organization Studies Guidelines for Reviewers.

"Organization Studies goes to the top of the stack because it is such a reliable source of thoughtful scholarship. Authors get into the pages of this journal by reflecting deeply on issues. There is less running after transient 'mainstreams', and more willingness to enact meaningful discourse that people should take seriously. Organization Studies features 'seasoned inquiry' in the best sense of that phrase. It dominates that niche hands down." Karl E Weick

"I am a great admirer of Organization Studies. Its issues contain articles with new ideas, analysis that is rigorous, empirical methodologies that are sound and helpful ideas relevant to thoughtful practitioners." Chris Argyris

"Organization Studies is an exemplar of quality publishing in organization theory. Its success has helped enormously to build the more creative and confident European management research community we now have. I am confident OS will retain its European distinctiveness while becoming a premier publishing outlet for the best scholarship from throughout the world. OS can make a difference both in intellectual and policy terms and I have great hopes it will". Andrew Pettigrew

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Aims and Scope

Organization Studies (OS) is a highly ranked and globally respected, multidisciplinary journal with over 40 years history of publishing excellent organization research. OS aims at advancing our knowledge of organizations, organizing, the organized, the disorganized and the unsettled. It is broadly rooted in the social sciences and the humanities and promotes an understanding of these phenomena as shaping, and shaped by, the cultures, economies, and societies of which they are part.

OS invites innovative high-quality research from a wide range of philosophical traditions, disciplines, and methodological approaches. It encourages the interplay between theorizing and empirical research, in the belief that they are mutually informative.

OS welcomes articles that push organization theory forward through research that fully or partly draws on empirical data to research studies based on qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods. Further, we accept conceptual articles that develop theory without reliance on empirical data. In the medium term, OS will focus on empirical manuscripts and will advise authors of manuscripts that do not draw on empirical data in any form to submit to Organization Theory (OT) instead.

If you would like to know more about the Aims & Scope, please read the most recent editorial here.
If you would like to learn more about the historical intellectual signature of OS, please click here.

Our commitment

We are committed to OS being the leading hub of a community of scholars – authors, reviewers, editors and readers –, whose defining characteristics are a passion for ideas, open-minded intellectual curiosity, collegiate critique, and uncompromising adherence to the highest scholarly standards.

We expect every article published in OS to provide meaningful insights that challenge and exceed existing knowledge in the area of organization studies. We encourage bold research, driven by academic curiosity that crosses existing boundaries and dares to explore novel ground. We are looking for original research, but do not seek novelty as an end in itself, but rather as the result of the passion to advance our scholarly community and move our journal entrepreneurially ahead.

We are open to paradigmatic plurality and multidisciplinary research, but each article must have a solid theoretical grounding and must strive to develop further the tradition to which it adheres. We are committed to the accumulation of knowledge and demand that all articles engage seriously with existing literature. Submissions need to clearly communicate which conversations they wish to be part of or challenge, and what the novel theoretical insights are that their research contributes in relation to existing organizational literatures.

We are open to a wide range of epistemologies, methodologies and methods and expect empirical submissions to account for and motivate the approach chosen. Empirical studies must display professional rigour in data collection and analysis appropriate for the specific approach.

Types of Submissions

OS welcomes the following types of submissions:
(a) empirical or conceptual ‘Research articles’;
(b) shorter, essay-style ‘X and Organization Studies’;
(c) ‘Perspectives articles’ that serve as introductions to Virtual Special Issues;
(d) ‘Method/ology articles;
(e) ‘Agora’ opinion pieces, and
(f) ‘Media reviews’.

Empirical or conceptual papers, 'X and Organization Studies,' "Perspective articles' and Method/ology article are all peer-reviewed and benefit from our rigorous and developmental review process

Empirical or conceptual research articles

We welcome empirical and conceptual research articles. Manuscripts must be original in style and content (not under review, accepted and/or published elsewhere). The maximum length of submitted manuscripts is 13,000 words (including references and appendices).

‘X and Organization Studies’ essays

‘X and OS’ are essay-style articles that draw attention to unexplored, unthought, or marginalized topics in order to revitalize research and inspire the field of organization studies more broadly. Articles in this section will have to contribute to both the ‘X’ and the ‘OS’. ‘X and OS’ are written prior to when a full empirical or conceptual research article can address a topic, but also, importantly, they accomplish their objective in the style of an essay (please see here for our expectations concerning this article type; recent examples can be found here). The maximum length of X and OS essays is 7.500 words (including references). Authors are asked to discuss preliminary ideas with the Editors-in-Chief. After initial green light from the EiC, developed manuscripts will go through a regular peer review process."

Perspectives articles

Perspectives articles are introductions to Virtual Special Issues, which cover a set of articles (five to six) previously published in Organization Studies. Perspectives pieces provide a focused overview of the evolution of a topic over time, the contribution of selected prior articles to the development and ongoing debate, and, most importantly, raise concerns about missing insights and knowledge, in order to outline fruitful avenues for future research. The Perspectives article is published in a regular OS issue, and also published online together with the previously published OS articles as part of a Virtual Special Issue. Interested authors should discuss their ideas with the Editors-in-Chief. The maximum length of a Perspectives article is 13,000 words (including references). Previous Virtual Special Issues can be found here. After initial green light from the EiC, developed manuscripts will go through a regular peer review process.

Method/ology articles

Method/ology articles address questions of methodology and method broadly (including philosophy of science, ontology, epistemology, study design, novel analytical methods, and writing). Method/ology articles should situate themselves firmly within organization studies and tackle issues or problems directly related to the “doing” of organization studies research. They must address topics of interest to readers of OS and make clear the connection to research conducted in OS. The maximum length for Method/ology articles is 13.000 words (including references).

Agora

In line with the idea of knowledge emerging from gathering together in spaces like assemblies and squares, OS publishes short opinion pieces in the form of single contributions or as dialogues in essay style (all in all no longer than 2,000 words including references). In the Agora, we deal with the big issues of our times and their organizational dimensions. With this format, we wish to offer a forum for debating contemporary matters of academic interest to the readers of Organization Studies, in the hope that this triggers discussion or sets off reflections that lead to empirical studies and theorizing. Agora pieces are single-authored: (please see here for our expectations concerning this article type; recent examples can be found here). Those interested in contributing to the Agora section should contact the Editors-in-Chief in advance, briefly sketching the issue and their personal views, the organizational relevance, why the issue deserves sparking an urgent debate, and the kind of research required.

Authors who have published an Agora piece, cannot resubmit for the three years following the date of acceptance of their published Agora. This is to guarantee variety and fairness in access to this section of the Journal.

Media Reviews

Books are and remain at the heart and centre of scholarly formats. However, in order to account for the relevance of and inspiration from other forms of media in the process of defining, producing, and diffusing knowledge, we have broadened the scope of reviews and OS now offers a Media Reviews section. Proposals should be directed towards our Media Review Editors (email: orgstudiesmre@gmail.com).

If you are interested in proposing a Special Issue, please click here

Editors in Chief
Paolo Quattrone University of Manchester, UK
Tammar Zilber Jerusalem School of Business, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Senior Editors
Timon Beyes Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
Alexandre Bitektine Concordia University, Canada
Laure Cabantous ESCP Buniness School, France
Graeme Currie Warwick Business School, UK
Silvia Dorado UMass Boston, USA
Pablo Fernandez IAE, Universidad Austral, Argentina
Peter Fleming University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Bernard Forgues EMLYON Business School, France
Marianna Fotaki University of Warwick, UK
Santi Furnari Bayes Business School, UK
Claudia Gabbioneta University of York Management School, UK
Elizabeth Goodrick Florida Atlantic University, USA
Nina Granqvist Aalto University School of Business, Finland
Nancy Harding University of Bath, UK
Sarah Harvey University College London, UK
Dennis Jancsary WU Vienna, Austria
Martin Kornberger WU Vienna, Austria
Ignasi Martí ESADE, Spain
Evelyn Micelotta University of Vermont, USA
Davide Nicolini University of Warwick, UK
Damian O'Doherty University of Liverpool, UK
Jo-Ellen Pozner Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, USA
Mia Raynard UBC Sauder School of Business, Canada
Linda Rouleau HEC Montréal, Canada
Barbara Simpson Strathclyde University, UK
Paul Spee The University of Queensland, Australia
Jörg Sydow Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Maxim Voronov Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada
Filippo Wezel Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Frank Wijen RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Media Review Editors
Erica Coslor University of Melbourne, Australia
Hamid Foroughi University of Essex, UK
Hokyu Hwang UNSW Sydney, Australia
Varda Wasserman The Open University of Israel, Israel
Managing Editor
Sophia Tzagaraki Managing Editor, Greece
Former Editors in Chief
John Child University of Birmingham, UK
Stewart R Clegg University of Technology Sydney, Australia
David Courpasson EMLYON Business School, France
David J Hickson University of Bradford, UK
Daniel Hjorth Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Robin Holt University of Bristol, UK
Frank den Hond Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Renate E. Meyer WU Vienna, Austria
Trish Reay University of Alberta, Canada
Arndt Sorge WZB Berlin Social Research Center, Germany
Hari Tsoukas University of Cyprus, Cyprus
David C. Wilson The Open University, UK
Editorial Board
Samer Abdelnour University of Edinburgh Business School, UK
Stephen Ackroyd Lancaster University Management School, UK
Susan Ainsworth University of Melbourne, Australia
Ona Akemu University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ismael Al-Amoudi Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
Cristina Alaimo ESSEC Business School, France
Rafael Alcadipani Sao Paolo School of Business Administration, Brazil
John Amis University of Edinburgh, UK
Lynne Andersson Fox Business School, Temple University, USA
Shaz Ansari University of Cambridge, UK
David Arellano Gault CIDE, Mexico
Diane-Laure Arjaliès Ivey Business School, Canada
Reinhard Bachmann SOAS, University of London, UK
René Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Julia Balogun University of Liverpool, UK
Subhabrata Banerjee Bayes Business School, UK
Hari Bapuji University of Melbourne
Marcos Barros Grenoble School of Management, France
Nikolaus Beck Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Rebecca Bednarek Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Emma Bell Open University, UK
Nicolas Bencherki Université Téluq, Canada
Ola Bergström Gothenburg University, Sweden
Ariane Berthoin-Antal WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany
Steffen Böhm University of Exeter Business School, UK
Kees Boersma VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mehdi Boussebaa University of Glasgow, UK
Eva Boxenbaum CBS, Denmark
Christof Brandtner EM Lyon, France
Anna Brattström Lund University, Sweden
Andrew Brown University of Bath, UK
Sean Buchanan University of Manitoba, Canada
Haldor Byrkjeflot University of Oslo, Norway
Giulia Cappellaro Bocconi University, Italy
Melodie Cartel UNSW Business School, Australia
Jean Clarke EMLyon, France
Stewart R Clegg The University of Sydney
Marco Clemente ZHAW School of Management and Law, Switzerland
Alessia Contu UMass Boston, USA
François Cooren University of Montreal, Canada
Diego Coraiola University of Victoria, Canada
Joep Cornelissen Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Christine Coupland Loughborough University, UK
Brett Crawford Grand Valley State University, USA
Douglas Creed University of Rhode Island, USA
Grégoire Croidieu EM Lyon, France
Miguel Pina e Cunha Nova School of Business & Economics, Portugal
Luciana D’Adderio University of Edinburgh, UK
M. Tina Dacin Queen’s University, Canada
Maria Daskalaki Oxford Brookes University, UK
Frank de Bakker IÉSEG School of Management, France
Christian De Cock Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
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Fleur Deken VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Rick Delbridge Cardiff Business School, UK
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Timothy Hannigan University of Alberta, Canada
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Gazi Islam Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
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