Weber's Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work?
Abstract
Max Weber has reduced the source of authority to position in modern organizations. Accordingly, employees must obey to authority of position instead to one’s charisma or societal position. Underlying reason of this perspective is a utopia of stable, unchangeable organizations. Whereas, organizations operate in dynamic and influx environments and hence must respond properly to the conditions. The nature of the organizations have changed and correspondingly authority mode have shifted from the Weberian core to more non-positional, participative and personal base. The purpose of this paper is to interrogate the validity of this discourse in a developing country, Turkey, which is far from the centers where management knowledge produced. To this end, a survey and semi structured interview was conducted to collect the data in eight different organizations. Empirical evidence enable to develop an insight that rational/legal authority is still pervasive and it is, along with expert authority, perceived more intensively among other modes of authorities.
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July 1, 2018
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Year 2018 Volume: 7 Number: 3
APA
Özkara, B., & Ozcan, K. (2018). Weber’s Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work? MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 7(3). https://izlik.org/JA25ZJ97MZ
AMA
1.Özkara B, Ozcan K. Weber’s Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work? MJSS. 2018;7(3). https://izlik.org/JA25ZJ97MZ
Chicago
Özkara, B., and K. Ozcan. 2018. “Weber’s Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work?”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 7 (3). https://izlik.org/JA25ZJ97MZ.
EndNote
Özkara B, Ozcan K (July 1, 2018) Weber’s Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work? MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 7 3
IEEE
[1]B. Özkara and K. Ozcan, “Weber’s Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work?”, MJSS, vol. 7, no. 3, July 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA25ZJ97MZ
ISNAD
Özkara, B. - Ozcan, K. “Weber’s Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work?”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 7/3 (July 1, 2018). https://izlik.org/JA25ZJ97MZ.
JAMA
1.Özkara B, Ozcan K. Weber’s Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work? MJSS. 2018;7. Available at https://izlik.org/JA25ZJ97MZ.
MLA
Özkara, B., and K. Ozcan. “Weber’s Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work?”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 3, July 2018, https://izlik.org/JA25ZJ97MZ.
Vancouver
1.B. Özkara, K. Ozcan. Weber’s Pendulum: Does Change Perception of Authority at Work? MJSS [Internet]. 2018 Jul. 1;7(3). Available from: https://izlik.org/JA25ZJ97MZ