Collective Intentionality in Organizations: A Meta-Ethnography of Identity and Strategizing

Christopher W.J. Steele; Brayden G King

doi:10.1108/S0882-6145(2011)0000028006

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Advances in Group Processes

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Collective Intentionality in Organizations: A Meta-Ethnography of Identity and Strategizing

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Title:	Collective Intentionality in Organizations: A Meta-Ethnography of Identity and Strategizing
Author(s):	Christopher W.J. Steele, Brayden G King
Volume:	28 Editor(s): Shane R. Thye, Edward J. Lawler ISBN: 978-0-85724-773-5 eISBN: 978-0-85724-774-2
Citation:	Christopher W.J. Steele, Brayden G King (2011), Collective Intentionality in Organizations: A Meta-Ethnography of Identity and Strategizing, in Shane R. Thye, Edward J. Lawler (ed.) Advances in Group Processes (Advances in Group Processes, Volume 28), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.59-95
DOI:	10.1108/S0882-6145(2011)0000028006 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	Sociologists often treat groups and organizations as if they had collective intentionality – that is, a collective impetus for action that exists semi-independently of the members of the group. At present, however, we lack a sound understanding of how collective intentionality is achieved or maintained. Furthermore, although organizations provide a well-defined and distinctive setting for an empirical and theoretical investigation of collective intentionality, organizational intentionality in its own right has received little attention. In this chapter, we seek to address the relationship between collective intentionality, organizational identity, and organizational decision-making, using the potentially powerful method of meta-ethnography: the comparison, contrast, and synthesis of multiple ethnographies.