Essays in nonverbal organizational design
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In 2003, Eric Olson's `Argument for Animalism' caused leading philosophers to revise their views concerning the basic metaphysics of personal identity. The philosophical view in which we humans are \textit{most essentially} animals is consequential for the social sciences, although it may be oft forgotten. The essays presented in this dissertation represent the first arc of an ongoing research agenda in organization theory. I take the basic premise that when human animals collaborate in organizations, their physical and nonverbal attributes - \textit{qua} animals - are likely to fundamentally shape the nature and functioning of those organizations. In the first essay of this dissertation, I trace how the spatial design of co-located workplaces directly causes variation in feelings of social solidarity among co-workers. In the second, (with my co-author) I outline the consequences for social solidarity in organizations when physical co-location is suddenly (indeed, involuntarily) abandoned in favour of remote collaboration. Finally, in the third essay, I investigate the intricacies of human status hierarchies as they interact with and attach onto physical objects.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2021; ©2021 |
| Publication date | 2021; 2021 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Cummins, Matthew Gavin |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Barnett, William P |
| Thesis advisor | Barnett, William P |
| Thesis advisor | Clement, Julien |
| Thesis advisor | Sterling, Adina |
| Degree committee member | Clement, Julien |
| Degree committee member | Sterling, Adina |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Matthew Gavin Cummins. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Graduate School of Business. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2021. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/zb182hr4567 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2021 by Matthew Gavin Cummins
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-ND).
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