The performance of authority in organizations: an example from management consulting

Alaric Bourgoin, (1) , Nicolas Bencherki (2)

1 CSI i3 - Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation i3
2 NYU-Poly - Polytechnic institute of New York University

While power and authority are central to organizational life, few studies look at the concrete practices through which authority is performed. In this paper, we use an ethnographic perspective to study the relationship between the situated, pragmatic performance of authority and the process of boundary-constitution in organizations.

Mots clés: Ethnography; Client relationship; Consultancy; Authority; Boundaries

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Sociologie

Alaric Bourgoin,, Nicolas Bencherki. The performance of authority in organizations: an example from management consulting. 2013. ⟨hal-00780551⟩