Social Ontology of the Modern Corporation: Its Role in Understanding Organizations

Abstract

We explore the significance of social ontology and its capacity to inform the specification of organizational status, architecture and capacities. We consider how different conceptions of social ontology are critical for explicating a range of epistemological and socio-economic questions concerning organizations and develop a research agenda oriented to studying these issues from the perspective of management and organization studies.

Citation

Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2022), "Social Ontology of the Modern Corporation: Its Role in Understanding Organizations", Meyer, R.E., Leixnering, S. and Veldman, J. (Ed.) The Corporation: Rethinking the Iconic Form of Business Organization (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 78), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 165-189. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20220000078009