TY - JOUR
T1 - A longitudinal analysis of technical and organizational uncertainty in management theory
AU - Weitz, Ely
AU - Shenhav, Yehouda
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - This study examines the rise of discourse on uncertainty in management during the period 1879-1932. It offers quantitative empirical analyses that are based on primary data collected from the American Machinist and the Engineering Magazine, the central sources of documentation on management during this period. The research provides a critical interpretation of the emergence of uncertainty discourse by linking it to professional, cultural and social forces. The empirical findings lend strong empirical support for the 'professionalization' and the 'labour unrest' arguments. The implications for contemporary organization theory are discussed.
AB - This study examines the rise of discourse on uncertainty in management during the period 1879-1932. It offers quantitative empirical analyses that are based on primary data collected from the American Machinist and the Engineering Magazine, the central sources of documentation on management during this period. The research provides a critical interpretation of the emergence of uncertainty discourse by linking it to professional, cultural and social forces. The empirical findings lend strong empirical support for the 'professionalization' and the 'labour unrest' arguments. The implications for contemporary organization theory are discussed.
KW - Genealogical analysis
KW - History of organization theory
KW - Managerial ideology
KW - Mechanical engineering and management
KW - Organizational uncertainty
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0039177550&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0170840600211005
DO - 10.1177/0170840600211005
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AN - SCOPUS:0039177550
VL - 21
SP - 243
EP - 265
JO - Organization Studies
JF - Organization Studies
SN - 0170-8406
IS - 1
ER -