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Electronic Communication and Changing Organizational Forms

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  • Janet Fulk

    (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, 3502 South Hoover Street, Los Angeles, California 90089-0281)

  • Gerardine DeSanctis

    (Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Box 90120, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0120)

Abstract

We introduce this Special Issue by providing an overview of the interplay between communication technology and various dimensions of new organizational forms. We consider the major factors motivating dramatic change within and between organizations today, and describe key dimensions of intraorganizational and interorganizational forms that are linked to electronic communication technologies: vertical control, horizontal coordination, size of organization and constituent units, new types of coupling, core product, communication cultures, ownership and control, interorganizational coupling, strategic alliances, and interstitial linking. Our purpose is to sample the changes attendant upon advances in electronic communication and organizational forms, with the goal of energizing future research. Our overview uncovers possibilities for new avenues of study within the technology-organization relationship and reveals the important contributions made by the articles in this Special Issue.

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  • Janet Fulk & Gerardine DeSanctis, 1995. "Electronic Communication and Changing Organizational Forms," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 6(4), pages 337-349, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ororsc:v:6:y:1995:i:4:p:337-349
    DOI: 10.1287/orsc.6.4.337
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