Abstract
Connectivity has become the foundation for organizing as it increasingly underpins and defines the way we live and work. Notwithstanding all the advances in connectivity within organizations, there are even more pervasive changes between and around organizations. In a digital world, more and more of us are working anytime, anyplace, and companies deliver value by better connecting with customers and external partners within digital ecosystems. In this introduction to the Special Issue, we summarize four waves of connectivity – globalization, socialization, personalization and datafication – that combine to create opportunities and challenges for contemporary organizations. We then introduce the papers in the special issue and discuss their contributions to theory and practice. Finally, we draw upon currently emerging challenges to suggest enduring tensions and trade-offs for connectivity research in the future.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1589-1599 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Organization Studies |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Early online date | 28 Oct 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2020 |
Funding
The Guest Editor team would like to acknowledge and thank all those who contributed their work to this special issue, those who served as reviewers and those who diligently worked through the revision process. We are also extremely grateful to Daniel Hjorth, Renate Meyer and Sophia Tzagaraki, who patiently assisted us throughout the entire process. Thanks to everyone who made this special issue possible. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Keywords
- connectivity
- datafication
- digital communication
- globalization
- remote work
- waves
