Organization design and coordinating dirty work: Emergent practices as compensatory mechanisms for coordination

• Main Authors: CORBISHLEY, Christopher, GEORGE, Gerard, ATUN, Rifat
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Coordination; dirty work; organization design; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5349
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Dirty work contexts refer to occupational settings characterized by marginal status, poor job design and stigmatization. While the literature has tended to focus on issues of manager and employee identity, organizational design challenges associated with coord...