Further reading
This page features references and links to studies and examples mentioned in the course for further reading.
Articles and Case Studies
A recent review article on openness as an organizing principle, published as an introduction to a special issue in Organization Studies:
- Splitter, V., Dobusch, L., von Krogh, G., Whittington, R., & Walgenbach, P. (2023). Openness as Organizing Principle: Introduction to the Special Issue. Organization Studies, 44(1), 7-27, PDF download
The cases of buffer and mite are analyzed in this study on open strategy blogging practices as a form of impression management
- Gegenhuber, T., & Dobusch, L. (2016). Making an impression through openness: how open strategy-making practices change in the evolution of new ventures. Long Range Planning, 50(3), 337-354., PDF download
The case of Wikipedia & Wikimedia is analyzed from an inclusion perspective in this study:
- Dobusch, L., Dobusch, L., & Müller-Seitz (2019). Closing for the Benefit of Openness? The case of Wikimedia’s open strategy process. Organization Studies, 40(3), 343-370., PDF download
On the case of SEO and Google:
- Ziewitz, M. (2019). Rethinking gaming: The ethical work of optimization in web search engines. Social studies of science, 49(5), 707-731.
Books
On the positivist dispute, relation to Armbruester & Gebert reading as well as Popper background:
- Adorno, T. (1969). Positivist Dispute in German Sociology. Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, PDF-Download
News articles
Was IKEA mit Verschwörungstheorien zu tun hat: https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/qanon-was-ikea-mit-verschwoerungstheorien-zu-tun-hat-podcast-a-6859fd35-65a6-4a1b-9c34-359837d707dc
