{"id":21808,"date":"2025-04-30T12:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/research-networks\/organisation-gesellschaft\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T18:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:10:49","slug":"organization-and-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/research-networks\/organization-and-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Organization and Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ma3si5i4-ae3c3d71a7b84e775289ead01ff32d01\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-ma3si5i4-ae3c3d71a7b84e775289ead01ff32d01{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-ma3si5i4-ae3c3d71a7b84e775289ead01ff32d01 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-ma3si5i4-ae3c3d71a7b84e775289ead01ff32d01 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-ma3si5i4-ae3c3d71a7b84e775289ead01ff32d01 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Organization and Society<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1nq7fzr-a2c34f28877317d15aa68560ca1b995e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  '     ><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1ahly8n-ebcf566f42fe7e3a211e9ea613c5ce4b\">\n#top .flex_column.av-1ahly8n-ebcf566f42fe7e3a211e9ea613c5ce4b{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:50px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-1ahly8n-ebcf566f42fe7e3a211e9ea613c5ce4b{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1ahly8n-ebcf566f42fe7e3a211e9ea613c5ce4b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ma3s4rka-d9e315b5770bee8086fd921af90334a6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<h3>Portrait<\/h3>\n<p>Established in the year 2025, the Research Committee on Organization and Society aims to create a formal home for sociological research that explores the intersection of organizations and society. The RC serves as an inclusive and dynamic platform for exchanging ideas and fostering new insights into organizational phenomena, which may encompass processes and practices of organizing as well as formal organizations, such as hospitals, international organizations, schools, or profit-driven firms. Thus, the committee considers a diverse range of theoretic and thematic orientation to include a variety of research topics and disciplinary angles.<\/p>\n<p>The RC aims to create and strengthen connections, fostering dialogue among these researchers while building a vibrant network and encouraging potential collaborations across language borders and institutional boundaries. This network offers unique opportunities to discuss and reflect on how the Swiss institutional context shapes \u2013 and is shaped by \u2013 formal organizations, as well as the processes of organizing both within and outside these organizations. Thus, as an inclusive platform, the RC encourages participation from scholars at all career stages and welcomes both theoretical and empirical research, embracing quantitative and qualitative methods alike. It is designed to attract not only scholars who identify as organizational sociologists but also those whose research engages with organizational phenomena\u2014a relevant focus given the increasing influence of organizations in current society.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, with a focus on internal networking, exchange and collaboration, the RC seeks to connect researchers at Swiss higher education institutions who produce innovative, cutting-edge work in the field of organizational sociology. On the other, this platform shall create external visibility and provide networking opportunities. Thus, the RC aims to increase the visibility of organizational sociology conducted in Switzerland, both within the SSA and in neighbouring disciplines such as organizational psychology, organizational pedagogy, and management. In addition, the RC seeks to establish strong international links with RC 17 (Organizational Sociology) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and national initiatives dedicated to promoting organizational sociology, such as the organizational sociology section of the German Sociological Association (DGS) or the American Sociological Association (ASA).<\/p>\n<p>The RC organizes panels and semi-plenaries at the bi-annual Swiss Sociological Association conference. Efforts are made to involve both established and early-career organizational sociologists in the planning and organization of these activities. Moreover, the RC commits to participating in international conferences relevant to organizational sociology. Moreover, a face-to-face workshop is held annually at a Swiss higher education institution, which also includes a members&#8217; meeting to inform about past activities and plan future ones. The format and thematic focus of the workshop are determined by the organizing team, with support from the RC board if it is not the main organizer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mafk6f5b-e44b3d1240463ef0e4247ba2ff32f7fc\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-mafk6f5b-e44b3d1240463ef0e4247ba2ff32f7fc{\nheight:5px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-mafk6f5b-e44b3d1240463ef0e4247ba2ff32f7fc hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_toggle_container '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-ma3s4xf1-bfba6d481e5db73fd65b3307b6d723fc  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-zans0n-d922d56931b2cd3ffc9d33d387f7b13f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-1' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Motivation and Aims\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Motivation and Aims\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Motivation and Aims\">Motivation and Aims<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-1' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The motivation for founding a Research Committee (RC) on &#8220;Organization and Society&#8221; is to create a formal home for sociological research that explores the intersection of organizations and society. The RC serves as an inclusive and dynamic platform for exchanging ideas and fostering new insights into organizational phenomena, which may encompass processes and practices of organizing as well as formal organizations, such as hospitals, international organizations, schools, or profit-driven firms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an inclusive platform, the RC encourages participation from scholars at all career stages and welcomes both theoretical and empirical research, embracing quantitative and qualitative methods alike. It is designed to attract not only scholars who identify as organizational sociologists but also those whose research engages with organizational phenomena\u2014a relevant focus given the increasing influence of organizations in current society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By formalizing this community, the RC pursues two main objectives:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">1. Internal Networking, Exchange, and Collaboration<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">: <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Researchers at Swiss higher education institutions produce innovative, cutting-edge work in the field of organizational sociology. However, until now, there has been no formal platform to bring this research together. The RC aims to create and strengthen connections, fostering dialogue among these researchers while building a vibrant network and encouraging potential collaborations. This network offers unique opportunities to discuss and reflect on how the Swiss institutional context shapes\u2014and is shaped by\u2014formal organizations, as well as the processes of organizing both within and outside these organizations.<\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2. External Visibility and Networking<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: The RC aims to increase the visibility of organizational sociology conducted in Switzerland, both within the SSA (by establishing connections to other RCs such as, but not limited to, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Health and Medicine, Gender Studies, and Sociological Theory) and in neighboring disciplines such as organizational psychology, organizational pedagogy, and management. In addition, the RC seeks to establish strong international links with RC 17 (Organizational Sociology) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and national initiatives dedicated to promoting organizational sociology, such as the organizational sociology section of the German Sociological Association (DGS) or the American Sociological Association (ASA).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-kud2gn-43cea73778bddcdc05730f493e8ff119'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-2' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Membership, Responsibilities, and Activities \" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Membership, Responsibilities, and Activities \" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Membership, Responsibilities, and Activities \">Membership, Responsibilities, and Activities <span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-2' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-2' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"parent":853,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21808","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21808"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21833,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21808\/revisions\/21833"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgs-sss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}