Implications of Self-Reference: Niklas Luhmann’s Autopoiesis and Organization Theory
评估了卢曼自创生理论对组织理论的贡献，将其与三种认识论基础（均衡、过程、递归）对比，发现它与吉登斯的结构化理论互补，为递归型组织理论提供了基础。
This article reviews the potential of Niklas Luhmann’s autopoiesis as a contribution to organization theory. We consider organization theory to consist of three epistemological foundations, which we label equilibrium-based theory, process-based theory and recursivity-based theory. We review critically Luhmann’s autopoietic theory in relation to each of these three foundations. We suggest that whereas it deviates radically from equilibrium-based theory and deviates significantly from process-based theory, it holds potential in its complementarity with Giddens’s structuration theory in providing a promising basis for recursivity-based organization theory.