Oxford Handbooks Online : The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies Classical Foundations Adler, Paul S., Professor of Management and Organization, University of Southern California Print publication date: 2009 (this edition) Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953523-1 Published to Oxford Handbooks Online: September 2009
15 Norbert Elias's Impact on Organization Studies doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199535231.003.0015 Ad van Iterson Abstract: Introduction – The Civilizing Process Theory – The Civilizing Process Theory and Organization Studies: Basic Concepts and Counter Concepts – Discussion Keywords: process,
Ad van Iterson is Associate Professor of Organization Studies at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. He graduated in sociology at the University of Amsterdam, after which he received his Ph.D. with a thesis on the early factory system. Currently, he mainly publishes on micro-sociological processes in organizations, such as gossip and cynicism, as manifestations of wider (de)civilizing trends: e.g. van Iterson et al. (eds.), The Civilized Organization: Norbert Elias and the Future of Organization Studies (2002). He also writes novels and columns.	Ad van Iterson External web page