Reading lists Network

How the readings are assigned together

A map of the 575 readings in two or more sources. Two readings are linked when a syllabus assigns them in the same session; the figure draws the 905 links that recur in at least two syllabi (5,123 in all place the points). Readings that are taught together sit close together, so the clusters are the streams as the 30 syllabi themselves draw them, not as I drew them.

Colour is the stream's family in the theory tree; size is the number of sources. Click or tap a reading to see it and what it is most often assigned with; the lists below the figure give the same in words.

Environment
Institutions and culture
Relations
Behavior and evolution
Strategy
Economics
Foundations, theory and methods

Bridges

The readings that most often lie on the shortest path between two others (betweenness centrality): the ones that connect streams, and that a reader of one stream is most likely to meet again in another.

Granovetter, M. (1985). Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness. American Journal of Sociology, 91(3), 481–510. https://doi.org/10.1086/228311 11 Social networks and embeddedness · linked to 57 readings15
Cohen, W. M., & Levinthal, D. A. (1990). Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35(1), 128. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393553 15 Behavioral theory of the firm and organizational learning · linked to 62 readings11
DiMaggio, P. J., & Powell, W. W. (1983). The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields. American Sociological Review, 48(2), 147. https://doi.org/10.2307/2095101 8 Institutional theory · linked to 66 readings14
Pfeffer, J., & Salancik, G. (1978). The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective. Harper and Row. 4 Resource dependence and power · linked to 55 readings12
March, J. G. (1991). Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning. Organization Science, 2(1), 71–87. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2.1.71 15 Behavioral theory of the firm and organizational learning · linked to 65 readings15
Rao, H., Monin, P., & Durand, R. (2003). Institutional Change in Toque Ville: Nouvelle Cuisine as an Identity Movement in French Gastronomy. American Journal of Sociology, 108(4), 795–843. https://doi.org/10.1086/367917 10 Social movements, power and inequality · linked to 53 readings6
Stinchcombe, A. (1965). Social structure and organizations. In J. G. March (Ed.), Handbook of Organizations (pp. 142–169). Rand McNally. 5 Organizational ecology and demography · linked to 42 readings8
Aldrich, H. E., & Ruef, M. (2006). Organizations evolving (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications. 16 Evolutionary theory, technology and innovation · linked to 51 readings9
Podolny, J. M. (1993). A Status-Based Model of Market Competition. American Journal of Sociology, 98(4), 829–872. https://doi.org/10.1086/230091 12 Status and social evaluation · linked to 41 readings7
Navis, C., & Glynn, M. A. (2010). How New Market Categories Emerge: Temporal Dynamics of Legitimacy, Identity, and Entrepreneurship in Satellite Radio, 1990–2005. Administrative Science Quarterly, 55(3), 439–471. https://doi.org/10.2189/asqu.2010.55.3.439 9 Categories, identity and authenticity · linked to 42 readings6
Coleman, J. S. (1988). Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital. American Journal of Sociology, 94, S95–S120. https://doi.org/10.1086/228943 11 Social networks and embeddedness · linked to 51 readings9
Meyer, J. W., & Rowan, B. (1977). Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony. American Journal of Sociology, 83(2), 340–363. https://doi.org/10.1086/226550 8 Institutional theory · linked to 61 readings10

Clusters in the data

Communities found in the network by the Louvain method, compared with the hand-drawn streams. Each row is one cluster: its size, the stream most of its readings belong to, and other streams with three or more readings in it.

Readings	Mainly	Also
74	8 Institutional theory (73%)	6 Entrepreneurship and new organizations (9), 7 Culture, cognition and sensemaking (4)
68	9 Categories, identity and authenticity (34%)	7 Culture, cognition and sensemaking (15), 12 Status and social evaluation (13)
58	11 Social networks and embeddedness (86%)	23 Corporate governance and upper echelons (3), 15 Behavioral theory of the firm and organizational learning (3)
57	5 Organizational ecology and demography (54%)	8 Institutional theory (6), 2 Classical foundations (5)
51	21 Organizational economics (57%)	18 Economic perspectives on strategy (11), 22 Corporate strategy and interfirm relationships (5)
51	15 Behavioral theory of the firm and organizational learning (80%)	16 Evolutionary theory, technology and innovation (4), 17 Strategy process, practice and cognition (3)
34	4 Resource dependence and power (53%)	3 Contingency and configurational theory (11), 22 Corporate strategy and interfirm relationships (3)
30	16 Evolutionary theory, technology and innovation (97%)	—
29	19 Resource-based view and capabilities (59%)	18 Economic perspectives on strategy (6), 15 Behavioral theory of the firm and organizational learning (4)
27	7 Culture, cognition and sensemaking (56%)	11 Social networks and embeddedness (5), 8 Institutional theory (3)
24	W1 Theory and theorizing (75%)	—
21	10 Social movements, power and inequality (81%)	—
20	8 Institutional theory (50%)	20 International business and multinationals (6)
17	2 Classical foundations (35%)	8 Institutional theory (3), 13 Work, occupations and careers (3)

Links counted within one session of one syllabus; sessions listing more than 30 readings (whole reading lists) are left out. Layout: force-directed (Fruchterman–Reingold). Computed with NetworkX.

Map

Bridges

Clusters in the data