Machina Ex Deus? From Distributed to Orchestrated Agency
Agents, Actors, Actorhood: Institutional Perspectives on the Nature of Agency, Action, and Authority
ISBN: 978-1-78756-081-9, eISBN: 978-1-78756-080-2
Publication date: 5 April 2019
Abstract
In this chapter, the author draws on a historical case study of the Australian wine industry to explore variations in collective agency. The inductively derived process model illustrates the emergence of a new profession of scientific winemaking, which unfolds in three phases. Each phase is characterized by a distinct form of agency: distributed agency during the earliest phase, coordinated agency during later phases, and orchestrated agency during consolidation. In addition to exploring the temporal shifts in agency, the study includes a detailed analysis of the early stages of distributed agency, examining how collective agency is achieved in the absence of shared intentions.
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Citation
Semper, D. (2019), "Machina Ex Deus? From Distributed to Orchestrated Agency", Hwang, H., Colyvas, J.A. and Drori, G.S. (Ed.) Agents, Actors, Actorhood: Institutional Perspectives on the Nature of Agency, Action, and Authority (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 58), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 187-208. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000058011
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
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