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Emerging authorships and organizational authority in network organizations: the case of Wikipedia

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Wathelet, Emmanuel [UCL]

“Who is responsible for what” in organizations where there is no formal organizational chart? To explore this issue, the article focuses on the famous online encyclopedia Wikipedia, considering it as an organizing process (Weick, 1980) constituted through communication. On Wikipedia, decisions are made but nobody has a formal mandate to achieve them. Decisions thus results from negotiations between contributors. Consequently, to uncover the micro-processes thatcomposes the everyday organizational life on Wikipedia, one must know whohas the legitimacy to speak – that is, the authority - and how is he acting to do so – that is, the authorship.

Document type Communication à un colloque (Conference Paper) – Présentation orale avec comité de sélection
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2013
Language Anglais
Conference "EGOS 2013", Montréal (du 04/07/2013 au 06/07/2013)
Affiliation UCL - SSH/ILC/PCOM - Pôle de recherche en communication
Keywords authority ; authorship ; decentralization ; organizational communication
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Bibliographic reference Wathelet, Emmanuel. Emerging authorships and organizational authority in network organizations: the case of Wikipedia .EGOS 2013 (Montréal, du 04/07/2013 au 06/07/2013).
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/159029