Organization theory and the study of European Union institutions: : Lessons and opportunities

• Autores: Zuzana Murdoch
• Localización: Organization studies, ISSN 0170-8406, Vol. 36, Nº 12, 2015, págs. 1675-1692
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Most scholarship in modern organization theory maintains a near-exclusive focus on private-sector settings. In contrast, this article argues that complex public-sector organizational systems – such as the European Union (EU) – can provide a very relevant laboratory to both fine-tune organization theoretical propositions and test them empirically. I first draw attention to the value-added of organization theory for the study of EU institutions. Then, I turn to these institutions’ capacity to present a springboard for theoretical development in organization theory, and bring forward a number of avenues for further research on the intersection of EU studies and organization theory that can push forward both research fields