Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307519 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Organization Design [ISSN:] 2245-408X [Volume:] 10 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 35-54
Publisher: 
Springer, Cham
Abstract: 
In this paper, we aim at exploring whether and how "organised" clusters can be conceived of as deliberate actors within their contexts. Seeing such clusters as meta-organisations, we suggest that these can make "organisationality" design choices, or decisions regarding full or partial implementation of the five elements constitutive of formal organisations: membership, hierarchy, rules, monitoring, and sanctions. To explore the relationship between clusters' organisationality and actorhood, we conduct two qualitative case studies of organised clusters in Australia. Our findings suggest that clusters can deliberately "construct" themselves both as organisations and social actors. Furthermore, drawing upon the institutional work perspective, we propose that clusters can engage in deliberate identity, boundary, and practice work. However, in doing so, they address both internal and external legitimating audiences. Finally, our findings suggest that clusters' organisationality design choices may influence the locus of their actorhood resulting in more or less collaborative approaches to institutional work.
Subjects: 
Clusters
Organisationality
Actorhood
Institutional work
Identity work
Boundary work
Practice work
Meta-organisation
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Document Type: 
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