The street and organization studies
de Vaujany, François-Xavier; Cnossen, B.; Haefliger, S. (2021), The street and organization studies, Organization Studies, 42, 8, p. 1337-1349. 10.1177/0170840620918380
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2021Journal name
Organization StudiesVolume
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8Publisher
Sage
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1337-1349
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Work and organization increasingly happen in transit. People meet in coffee shops and write emails from their phones while waiting for buses or sitting outdoors on benches. Business meetings are held in airports and projects are run from laptops during travel. We take the street as a place where organizing in transit accumulates. While the organization studies field has been catching up with various related phenomena, including co-working, digital nomadism, and mobile and online communities, we argue that it has overlooked what has historically been the most important site for organizational activity outside of organizations. The street has been both location and inspiration for organizing, whether political, social or governmental. It is a space of both planning and spontaneity, of silent co-existence and explicit conflict, and therefore offers abundant empirical and methodological opportunities. It is surprising that the street and the experiences it brings with it have remained largely outside the scope of organization studies. We suggest that organization scholars take to the street, and offer recommendations as to how to do so. Specifically, we explore the tensions that become apparent when organizing happens in and through the street.Subjects / Keywords
public space; information seeking; communicationRelated items
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