Abstract

We add to the ongoing call for greater integration between organisational and history scholarship. Specifically, we contribute by identifying reciprocal opportunities for practice theorists and historians interested in the unfolding of socio-historic patterns over space and time. Through contrasting two studies of ‘relationship’ in the international reinsurance industry – one an ethnographic, practice-based study, the other an archival, historic analysis – we illuminate the differences between and also complementarities of the two approaches. Understanding such differences provides the foundation for a more reflexive construction of future research design. Using the insights gained by contrasting the two studies we show how a more integrative approach allows the extension of organisational constructs and theories.

摘要

我们继续呼吁加强组织和历史学术之间的整合。具体来说，我们通过为对社会历史模式在空间和时间上的展开感兴趣的实践理论家和历史学家确定互惠机会做出贡献。通过对比两项关于国际再保险业“关系”的研究——一项是人种学、基于实践的研究，另一项是档案、历史分析——我们阐明了这两种方法之间的差异和互补性。了解这些差异为未来研究设计的更具反思性的构建奠定了基础。利用通过对比两项研究获得的见解，我们展示了一种更具综合性的方法如何允许扩展组织结构和理论。