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Theorizing the Sharing Economy: Variety and Trajectories of New Forms of Organizing
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Publication date: 10 April 2020
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(2020), "Index", Maurer, I., Mair, J. and Oberg, A. (Ed.) Theorizing the Sharing Economy: Variety and Trajectories of New Forms of Organizing (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 66), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20200000066011
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INDEX
Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.
Abductive approach
, 32
Access economy
, 114–118
Access-based consumption
, 164
Accommodate-and-hope approach
, 224, 228–229
Ad hoc regulations
, 97
Airbnb
, 10, 63, 69, 94, 120, 151–152, 164, 170, 177, 197, 216, 219–220, 225
Alternative organizational forms
, 226–227
Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT)
, 63
Analysis levels in sharing economy
, 7–8
Anti-trust laws
, 90
Apartment sharing
, 188
Austria’s national government
, 194
Austro-fascism
, 194
B2B model
, 26
B2C model
, 26
Ban-and-restore approach
, 224, 229
Bazaar governance
, 30
BlaBlaCar
, 63
Bottom-up theorization
, 207
Boundary framing
, 205
Brokerage
, 9–11
Business model
, 26–29, 36
characteristics
, 36
of organizations
, 42
in pure-market governance
, 38
in sharing-economy organization
, 26
Buyers
, 227
C-Form governance
, 30
Capitalist market
, 88
Car sharing
, 175, 188
Category/categories
, 9–10, 13, 164–165
commoners
, 10, 164, 167–168, 179–180
dynamics in nascent market spaces
, 166
kings
, 164–165, 167–168, 179–180
spill-overs
, 169
Central media outlets
, 155
City Council
, 194
Civil society
, 230
organizations
, 136
regulating by
, 225–227
Clan governance
, 30–32
Clan-hierarchy hybrid
, 27, 45–47
Classic entrepreneurs
, 112
Clusters
, 140
Co-authorship
, 207
Co-consumption
, 190
Co-creation
, 190
Co-working
, 188
community
, 147–149
Coding
, 70
Cognition
, 8–9
Cognitive framing
, 110
Cognitive legitimacy
, 85
Collaborative community
, 150–152
Collaborative consumption
, 164
Collaborative economy field
, 115–116
Collective business organizations
, 225–226
Command-and-control frameworks
, 90
Commons
, 119–120
Community/communities
, 26, 144
co-working
, 147–149
collaborative
, 150–152
community-member incentives
, 32
coworking
, 147–149
gardening
, 188
German
, 144–147
governance
, 26, 28–29, 36
Internet
, 152–155
logic
, 99–100
in sharing economy
, 27–28
Competition law
, 93
Competitors
, 226
Consumers
, 56
Contracting with sharing firms
, 191
Control practices
, 30
Conventional content analysis
, 70
Cooperativism movement
, 227
Coordinated network led by strong leaders
, 121–122
Corporate social responsibility practices
, 135
Corporations
, 92
logics
, 88–90, 98–99
Correlations
, 82
Correspondence analysis
, 62, 65–69
Couchsurfing
, 152
Coupling
, 217–218
Creative entrepreneurship
, 194
Creative industries strategy
, 194
Cross-case analysis
, 171
Crowd-based capitalism
, 164
Crowd-funding platforms
, 154–155
Culture
, 120
Customer usage, spill-overs in
, 177–178
Decentralized technology
, 119
Delegation
, 231n1
Delegation–loosening coupling with designated labor force
, 218–219
“Delimiting” mechanism
, 189, 198, 204
Delocalization
, 231n1
Delocalization–loosening coupling with specific place
, 218
Descriptive analysis of survey data
, 172
Descriptive coding approach
, 70
Descriptive statistics
, 81
Deskmag
, 149
Detailing governance response strategies
, 201–202
“Detailing” mechanism
, 189, 198, 204
Deutsche-startups.de (online news portals)
, 144
Digital marketplace
, 91
Digital platforms
, 84, 217
Digitalization
, 218, 220
Digitization
, 217
Discursive framing
, 109, 110
Discursive perspective
, 137
on issue fields
, 136–137
on organizational fields
, 134–135
Disincentive practices
, 46
Disrupt
, 151
Disruptive field
, 133, 156
Diverse and paradox
, 4–5
Do-ocracy
, 122
Dominant category
, 166
Eatwith
, 164
Echo
, 164
Ecological transition
, 188
Emergent structuring of variety
, 8
Emotional dissonance
, 58
Emotional labor
, 57–59
correlations
, 82
descriptive statistics
, 81
peer-to-peer social interaction
, 56–57
practices
, 57, 71
qualitative platform analysis
, 69–73
quantitative surveys
, 62–69
research design
, 61–62
in sharing economy
, 59–61
Empathy
, 71
Entrepreneurs
, 114, 132
Entrepreneurship in emerging and contested fields
, 109–112
“Explaining”
, 5–6
“Fairbnb.coop” platform
, 227
Family logic
, 87
Fast Company
, 152
Fields (see also Issue fields; Organizational fields)
, 13–14
configuration of sharing economy
, 137
emergence
, 109
field-internal hierarchy
, 134
field-internal structuration processes
, 134
field-specific meta-organizations
, 135
Firms
, 168–169
First-level codes
, 18
Food Assembly
, 121
Formal participant observations
, 34
Framings
, 192–193
theory
, 188
Functional economy (see Access economy)
Gender
, 64
Gephi software
, 139–140
German community
, 144–147
German sharing organizations
, 139
Gift economy
, 118–119
Gig economy platforms
, 84–85, 164
difference between gig and sharing platforms
, 95–96
historical configuration of corporation, market, and state logics
, 88–90
institutional logics
, 85–88
institutional misalignments in platform economy
, 90–96
resolving institutional misalignments
, 96–100
Glocalization
, 204–205, 207
Governance
approach
, 9, 12–13
practices
, 9, 11–12
in sharing economy
, 27–28
structure
, 29–32
Governing variety
, 8
Governments
, 223–225
Great diversity
, 4
Gruenderszene.de (online news portals)
, 144
Harnessing sharing firms
, 191
Health insurance scheme
, 98
Hierarchical stratification
, 134
Hierarchy governance
, 29–32
Hilfr (Danish domestic cleaning platform)
, 99
Horizontal structuration
, 134–135
“Ideal-type” organizational model
, 227
In-depth qualitative platform analysis
, 62
Incentive systems
, 38, 41
Incumbents
, 226
organizations
, 222
Indegree
, 139–140
Indiegogo.com
, 154
Industry boundaries
, 167
Indy Hall
, 149
Informal participant observations
, 34
Information and communication technologies (ICTs)
, 217
Information transfers
, 168
Innovation communities
, 28
Institutional complexity
, 88
Institutional entrepreneurship
, 112–113
coordinated network led by strong leaders
, 121–122
network of individuals
, 123
in pluralistic field
, 111–112
in SE field
, 121
showcasing dynamics, contradictions, and controversies
, 124–125
theorization of
, 126
Institutional logics
, 10, 85–88, 90
Institutional misalignments
band aid solutions
, 97–98
community logic
, 99–100
corporation logic
, 98–99
market logic
, 99
parallel corporation logics
, 92–94
parallel market logics
, 91–92
in platform economy
, 90–91
platforms
, 96–97
research agenda
, 100–102
resolving
, 96
Institutional pluralism
, 88
Institutional scholars
, 84
Institutional work
, 14
Interactive Web 2.0 platforms
, 155
Intermediaries
, 223
Intermediation–loosening coupling with responsibility
, 219–220
Internal cohesion in issue fields
, 136
Internet
, 138
community
, 152–155
Interpretive coding
, 70
Intra-category dynamics
, 167
Issue fields (see also Organizational fields)
discursive perspective on
, 136–137
relational perspective on
, 135–136
Joint mobilization of plural framings
, 121
Juno (New York City-based ridesharing company)
, 227
Justifying mechanism
, 189, 198, 204
Justifying modified governance regime
, 203
Kickstarter.com
, 154
La Ruche Qui Dit Oui project
, 121
Label-sharing economy
, 132
Labor laws
, 90
Labor organizations
, 226
Labor union
, 84
Libertarianism
, 120–121
“License-based only” model
, 95
Linear regression
, 62–65
“Linking” mechanism
, 189, 198, 204
Linux
, 119
Local governing authorities
, 188
Local regulatory response
, 191
Logics
, 9–10
Loose coupling
, 218, 220–222
Lyft
, 216, 219–220
Market
categories
, 166
disruption
, 188
governance
, 29, 31–32
logic
, 87–90, 92, 99
market-based mechanisms of coordination
, 217
market-hierarchy hybrid
, 27, 42–45
organizers
, 222–223
MAXQDA 12 software
, 35
Mediation
, 231n1
Meetup
, 148
Mercer Quality of Living Ranking
, 194
Meta-organizations
, 139, 151
Methodological approach in sharing economy
, 5–7
Mixed methods research
, 61
Monitoring procedures
, 38
Multi-national home-sharing platforms
, 69
Multi-sided markets
, 219
Municipalities
, 223–225
Mutualism
, 144
Nazi-rule
, 194
Negative press coverage
, 176
“Negotiating” mechanism
, 189, 198, 204
Network
externalities
, 92
of individuals
, 123
visualization
, 140–141
“New phenomenon”
, 4
Nikefication
, 216, 220–221
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
, 188
Normative messaging
, 60
Online communities
, 28
command-and-control activities in
, 30
Online platforms
, 92
Order
coping with variety
, 15
from order to variety
, 14–15
from variety to
, 13–14
Organizational fields (see also Issue fields)
, 85–86, 108, 111, 132–133
discursive perspective on
, 134–135
relational perspective on
, 133–134
Organizational/organizations
, 56, 138, 141
celebrity
, 168
institutionalism
, 85, 204
reforms
, 192
websites
, 138
Organized digital marketplaces
, 217
OuiShare
, 108–109, 112, 121, 123–124, 151
OuiShare Fest Evolution
, 117
Parallel corporation logics
, 92–94
Parallel market logics
, 91–92
Peer-to-peer (P2P)
car sharing platforms
, 96
foundation platform
, 119–120
model
, 26
platforms
, 28, 84, 92
sharing economy
, 56
Platform economy
, 90, 164
institutional misalignments in
, 90–96
Platforms (see also Gig economy platforms; Qualitative platform analysis)
, 84, 96
capitalism
, 108
co-ops
, 99–100
crowd-funding
, 154–155
digital
, 84, 217
multi-national home-sharing
, 69
online
, 92
P2P
, 28, 84, 92
platform-mediated service experiences
, 56
ride-hailing
, 92
ride-sharing/ride-hailing
, 69
sharing
, 60, 95–96, 169
skill-sharing
, 178
Plurality in emerging and contested fields
, 109–112
POC 21 project
, 121
Policy disruption, novel phenomenon leading to
, 190–191
Policy implications for sharing economy
, 181–182
Policy-makers
, 191
Policy-making for sharing economy
, 191–192
Politics of signification
, 188
Positive emotions
, 58
Positive rating system assessment
, 64–65
Practice
, 8–9
Principal component analysis
, 64
Principal-agent problems
, 89
Private actors, regulating by
, 225–227
Problematization
, 205
Product market logic
, 91
Product-service systems
, 33
Professions
, 86
Providers
, 56
Public awareness, spill-overs in
, 174–176
Public governance responses
, 191
Public visibility of mutual support
, 143
Pure clan
, 27
Pure market
, 27
governance
, 37–39
Pure-clan governance
, 39–42
Qualitative content analysis
, 69
Qualitative platform analysis
, 69, 72–73
data and sample
, 69
method
, 69–70
results
, 70–71
Quality assessment
, 91
Quality-control mechanisms
, 94
Quantitative survey measures
, 61
Quantitative surveys
, 62
correspondence analysis
, 65–69
linear regression
, 62–65
Rating/review system
, 64
Re-figuration of space
, 218
Rebound effects
, 207
Recruiting practices
, 45
“Redistribution markets”
, 33
Regulation
, 84
ineffectiveness of
, 220–222
Regulatory acceptance, spill-overs in
, 172–174
Relational perspective
, 137
on issue fields
, 135–136
on organizational fields
, 133–134
Relational space
, 136
Reputation
reputation-based feedback mechanisms
, 60
spill-overs in
, 168–169, 176–177
Respect
, 71
Ride-hailing platforms
, 92
Ride-sharing/ride-hailing platforms
, 69
Second-level codes
, 18
Self-employed individuals
, 93, 98
Self-employed supplier
, 93
Self-regulating by market organizers
, 222–223
Sellers
, 227
Semi-structured interviews
, 112
Service experiences co-creation
, 60
Service industries
, 58
Shareable.com
, 151
Shareholder value practices
, 136
ShareNL
, 108
Sharing economy (SE)
, 2, 17n1, 26, 84, 108–110, 132–133, 164–165, 175, 188, 216
access economy
, 114–118
actors involved in regulating
, 220–227
clan-hierarchy hybrid
, 45–47
commons
, 119–120
communities in network
, 144–155
community and governance in
, 27–28
concept of governance structure
, 29–30, 32
contemporary research on organizations
, 15–17
contributions to study of
, 181
data analysis
, 35–36, 139–140
data and methods
, 138–140
data collection
, 33–34, 138–139
delimiting issue from (local) policy perspective
, 199–200
emotional labor in
, 59–61
field configuration
, 137
findings
, 36, 140–155
framework for theorizing
, 5–15
gift economy
, 118–119
institutional entrepreneurship in
, 111–112, 121–125
joint mobilization of plural framings
, 121
libertarianism
, 120–121
market, hierarchy, and clan governance
, 31
market-hierarchy hybrid
, 42–45
methodology
, 112–113
novel phenomenon leading to policy disruption
, 190–191
organizations
, 26–27
peer-to-peer
, 56
as phenomenon of variety and dynamics
, 3–5
plural framings and entrepreneurial action
, 110–111
policy-making for
, 191–192
and policy-making in Vienna
, 196–198
pure market governance
, 37–39
pure-clan governance
, 39–42
regulating
, 227–231
research approach and sample
, 32
results
, 114
semantic network of depictions
, 4
structure and composition
, 140–144
theory
, 133–137
timeline of events and activities
, 198
types of governance
, 36–37
variety of community governance
, 28–29
Sharing Economy UK (SEUK)
, 170–171, 173, 179
“Sharing instead of owning”
, 1
Sharing organizations
, 139, 142, 144
Sharing platforms
, 60, 169
difference between gig platform and
, 95–96
Sharing-specific meta-organizations
, 139, 142–144
Silicon Valley
, 121
Single governance
, 30
Situating narrative and governance regime
, 203–204
“Situating” mechanism
, 189, 198, 204
Skewed center-periphery structure
, 141
Skill-sharing platform
, 178
Slideshare.com
, 153
Smart City Initiative
, 196
Snowballing-strategy
, 195
Social
actors
, 193
hospitality
, 56
interaction
, 71
media
, 102n3
movements
, 86, 226–227
partners
, 200
relationships
, 118–119
Societal endangerment
, 188
Societal enhancement
, 188
Socio-cognitive factors
, 166
Socio-economic phenomenon
, 4–5
Socio-political actors
, 199
Socio-political legitimacy
, 85
Spill-overs
, 164
in customer usage
, 177–178
data analysis
, 171–172
data sources
, 170–171
findings
, 172–178
methodology
, 169–172
in public awareness
, 174–176
in regulatory acceptance
, 172–174
in reputation and trust
, 176–177
research setting
, 169–170
theoretical background
, 165–169
theoretical model for
, 173
Stakeholders
, 90, 167
Standardization organizations
, 225–226
Standards
, 14
Startnext
, 147
State logics
, 87, 88–90
State-owned company
, 87
Stock corporations
, 135
Strategic framing
, 193
Strategic governance responses
, 205
Strategic issue work
, 192–193, 207
mechanisms in Vienna City Administration
, 198–199
Strategic steering committee
, 200–201
Structural equivalence
, 134
Structuration processes
, 134
Subsidizing sharing firms
, 191
Substitutability
, 167
Surrogate actors
, 227
Taskrabbit
, 152
Taxi rides
, 84
Techcrunch.com (online news portal)
, 150–151
Technology firms
, 155
Tesla
, 135
Theorization
of institutional entrepreneurship
, 126
in pluralistic field
, 111–112
Tight coupling
, 218
Trade associations
, 225–226
Trade unions
, 226
Traditional regulators, regulating by
, 223–225
Translation
, 204–205
Transport agencies
, 224
Trim-and-adjust approach
, 224–225, 229
Trust, spill-overs in
, 176–177
Trust transfer
, 176, 181
TrustSeal
, 176–177, 179, 182
Two-sided markets
, 219
Uber
, 10, 63, 65, 69, 95, 152, 154, 164, 170, 216, 219–220
rating system
, 59
Uberization
, 216
delegation–loosening coupling with designated labor force
, 218–219
delocalization–loosening coupling with specific place
, 218
intermediation–loosening coupling with responsibility
, 219–220
organizational shifts
, 217–222
UberPop
, 95
“Understanding”
, 5–6
trajectories of new forms of organizing
, 13–15
variety of new forms of organizing
, 8–13
UnderTheDoormat
, 164
Uni-directional spill-over effects
, 180
Union Taxi
, 227
Urban governance
, 191, 195
URLs of organizations
, 139
Variety
, 8
coping with
, 15
to order
, 13–14
from order to
, 14–15
theoretical inquiry for understanding
, 9–13
Venture capitalists
, 154–155
Vertical structuration
, 134–135
Vienna City Administration
data and coding structure
, 199
data and method
, 195–196
detailing governance response strategies
, 201–202
empirical design
, 194–196
findings
, 196–204
justifying modified governance regime
, 203
linking policy goals and governance responses
, 202
negotiating cast of actors
, 200–201
phenomenon and conceptual orientation
, 190–193
policy-making
, 189
situating narrative and governance regime
, 203–204
strategic issue work mechanisms in
, 198–199
Vienna Tourism Promotion Act
, 198
Viennese way
, 206, 208
Walk-through method
, 69–70
Weakening state logics
, 94
Weblinks
, 138
Wired Company
, 152
Zipcar
, 152
Zoning committees
, 224
- Prelims
- Introduction: Variety and Trajectories of New Forms of Organizing in the Sharing Economy: A Research Agenda
- Chapter 1: Market, Hierarchy, or Clan? Types of Governance in the Sharing Economy
- Chapter 2: Shaping Emotional Labor Practices in the Sharing Economy
- Chapter 3: An Institutional Logics Perspective on the Gig Economy
- Chapter 4: The Sharing Economy as an Emerging and Contested Field – How Classic and Institutional Entrepreneurs Cope With Plural Theoretical Frames
- Chapter 5: Is the Sharing Economy a Field? How a Disruptive Field Nurtures Sharing Economy Organizations
- Chapter 6: Category Kings and Commoners: Within and Cross-Category SpillOvers in the Sharing Economy
- Chapter 7: “Turning The Sharing Economy into a Fair Economy”: Strategic Issue Work in the Vienna City Administration
- Chapter 8: Regulating the Sharing Economy: A Field Perspective
- Index