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The ‘Texture’ Of Organizing

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  • Robert Cooper
  • Stephen Fox

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The article briefly introduces the concept of ‘texture’ and indicates its role in the organizing process. The history of texture and related ideas in the field of organizational studies is summarized. Texture itself is viewed analogically as a weave or web of interacting elements that resists operational definition. It is a tacit quality of the field of social action that, by definition, must remain beyond the grasp of explicit statement. Some implications of the ‘logic’ of texture are discussed briefly in relation to the understanding of ‘instrumental action’ in organizations as well as rethinking the ‘organization‐environment’ problem in terms of ‘contextures’.

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  • Robert Cooper & Stephen Fox, 1990. "The ‘Texture’ Of Organizing," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(6), pages 575-582, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:27:y:1990:i:6:p:575-582
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1990.tb00263.x
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    1. Ngaire Bissett & Jill Birch, 2021. "The French feminist contribution: Humanizing organizations through esthetically informed, philosophical modes of representation," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(4), pages 1282-1303, July.

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