Space, Place, and the Communicative Constitution of Organizations: A Constitutive Model of Organizational Space

摘要

Existing research on organizational spaces tends to focus on either material aspects or socially constructed aspects. Both approaches see space as something an organization possesses. In response, I use the communicative constitution of organizations (CCO) to propose a constitutive model of organizational space. This theory considers the subjective and objective aspects of organizational space, as well as how space is both constitutive of and constituted by organizations and organizing. By demonstrating how space participates in the communicative constitution of organizations, the importance of space for organizing is clarified and the constitutive role of new forms of organizational space can be understood.