Special Issue of Organization Studies The Material and Visual Turn in Organization Theory: Objectifying and (Re)acting to Novel Ideas

摘要

Contemporary organizations increasingly rely on images, logos, videos, building and office design, building materials, physical product design and a range of other material and visual expressions to form identity, communicate, organize their activities, and compete. For example, organizations build consumer awareness through websites and twitter feeds, express corporate values and shape employee interactions through building designs, and reformulate the way we interact with technologies and one another through products like Apple's Macintosh and i-phone.