TY - JOUR
T1 - Connectivity in and around Organizations
T2 - Waves, tensions and trade-offs
AU - Kolb, Darl G.
AU - Dery, Kristine
AU - Huysman, Marleen
AU - Metiu, Anca
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - connectivity
KW - datafication
KW - digital communication
KW - globalization
KW - remote work
KW - waves
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U2 - 10.1177/0170840620973666
DO - 10.1177/0170840620973666
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096400887
VL - 41
SP - 1589
EP - 1599
JO - Organization Studies
JF - Organization Studies
SN - 1741-3044
IS - 12
ER -