Cultural Change in Organisational Networks (CuCON)
Mission
The main aim of CuCON is to generate scientific knowledge on the interface of culture and organizations, in particular on cultural processes in and between (transnational) organizations and networks. In order to generate this knowledge the following central research question and related sub questions have been developed:
In which ways do the global, national and local politics of culture affect the partly converging and partly conflicting but constantly changing constructions of meaning in (transnational) organizations and networks?
Sub questions:
- What cultural processes can be identified in organizations and networks under conditions of globalization and transnationalization?
- In what way do these processes affect managerial practices and the life chances of the lower rank and file down to the work floor of the organization, and co-operation between organizations?
- What meaning do members at different organizational levels attribute to these cultural processes and to their roles and positions as affected by these processes?
- How do members at different organizational levels narrate, manage and intervene in these processes, in relation to the construction of meaning?
- What problems do organizations and networks encounter as a consequence of global forces and what intervention strategies should be designed to address organizational dilemmas?
- What role does the nation state play, both in cultural processes and in intervention strategies for organizations and networks?
For further elaboration of these themes and questions, please see the attached research programme outline 2003-08.
CuCON research programme
National and international co-operation
Programme members
Publications (Source: METIS VU)
