The idea that interdependent and persistent tensions are intrinsic to organizing is now well
accepted. Organizational paradox theory has further stressed the importance of accepting …

This insightful Elgar Introduction comprises the first effort to provide a succinct overview of
the field of organizational paradox theory, exploring contradictions and tensions in …

Research on street‐level bureaucrats has identified their role as policy entrepreneurs
through the adoption and advocacy of policy innovations. This article adds to this research …

This paper offers a supplement or qualification to earlier arguments for the potentials of
'intelligent accountability'. It explores the genesis and dynamics of its antithesis; a self …

This paper contributes to close up studies of how members in organizations experience and
act in relationship to what is broadly and vaguely referred to as institutionalized structures …

This article theorizes authority from sociological and normative perspectives. It opens with
the work of Weber, Arendt and Raz. This is followed by a sociological analysis of authority as …

Contemporary society is obsessed with knowledge, leaving its less seductive counterpart,
ignorance, in the shadows. However, as an expanding literature suggests, it is equally …

Power is one of the most fundamental concepts in social science. Yet, despite the
undisputed centrality of power to social and political life, few have agreed on exactly what it …

Paradoxes, contrary propositions that are not contestable separately but that are
inconsistent when conjoined, constitute a pervasive feature of contemporary organizational …

This paper explores how the smart city idea unfolds in the bureaucratic context. Applying a
qualitative approach and the Scandinavian stream of translation theory, we investigate the …