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Author(s) -
Stark David
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
european management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1740-4762
pISSN - 1740-4754
DOI - 10.1057/emr.2008.24
Subject(s) - cognitive dissonance , center (category theory) , reflexivity , columbia university , sociology , accountability , research center , management , public relations , political science , psychology , social science , social psychology , media studies , economics , chemistry , law , crystallography
This essay gives an account of the Center on Organizational Innovation at Columbia University. Established in 2000, the center promotes research on the social bases of reflexivity in organizations. Heterarchy is one such form, involving lateral accountability and the productive friction of competing criteria of worth. The dissonance of diverse organizational principles can lead to discovery.