Keywords

organizational invisibility, informal organizations, organizational life

Abstract

Organizational scholars have made substantial contributions in understanding organizational life; however, if we deeply examine our knowledge, we’ll find that we know a lot about large, public organizations, be they businesses, civil society, or governmental agencies. We’ve made great strides in understanding the formal, visible organizational world, and our field sports a strong base of stylized facts and even some very generalizable, law-like propositions about these organizational forms. Scott’s book invites us to turn our gaze toward another substantial, and certainly impactful, organizational context: formal or informal organizations that deliberately strive to be invisible.

Original Publication Citation

Godfrey, P. C. (2013). Craig R. Scott: Anonymous Agencies, Backstreet Businesses, and Covert Collectives: Rethinking Organizations in the 21st Century (book review). Administrative Science Quarterly. DOI: 10.1177/0001839213518027.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

Administrative Science Quarterly

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Marketing

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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