The functionalist sociology in organizational studies: focus on Durkheim
Main Article Content
Abstract
The theme of this paper is the functionalist sociology in terms of its influence on the organizational studies. First, it focuses on the works of Durkheim. Then, it focuses on the supremacy of the functionalist approaches in the field of organizational studies. The paper is made up of four parts. The first analyzes the emergency of the social sciences in such a way as to trace back the evolution of the field to the works of Durkheim. The second, based on the works of Burrel and Morgan (1979), examines the funcionalist paradigm in terms of its origins and expoents. In this section, special emphasis is given to the works of Comte and Spencer as a means to the understanding of Durkheim’s thought and sociology. The third part summarizes the life and works of Durkheim. The last part analyzes the status quo of the organizational studies in terms of their epistemological and ontological assumptions as a way to point out the supremacy of the positivist-funcionalist approaches in the field.
Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
Article Details
How to Cite
Cabral, A. (2004). The functionalist sociology in organizational studies: focus on Durkheim. Cadernos EBAPE.BR, 2(2), 1 a 15. Retrieved from https://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebape/article/view/4880
Issue
Section
Articles
Cadernos EBAPE.BR undertakes to contribute to the protection of authors’ intellectual rights. On this matter:
- It uses the Creative Commons BY (CC-BY) license for all texts it publishes, except when there is indication of specific holders of copyrights and property rights;
- It uses the similarity verification software of content - Plagiarism (Crossref Similarity Check);
- It takes actions to fight against plagiarism and ethical misconduct aligned with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Further information on the Code of Ethics adopted by Cadernos EBAPE.BR can be found in Ethical Standards and Code of Conduct.