Beyond the Convergence–Divergence Debate: The Role of Spatial Scales in Transforming Organizational Logic
提出组织逻辑在跨越空间时会发生转型，而非简单的趋同或分歧，并用空间尺度概念解释这一过程，对研究全球化与组织变革的学者有参考价值。
Studies of organizational globalization typically assume that space is progressively ‘overcome’, resulting in the convergence of organizational logics, or that organizations continue to be embedded within the space of the nation state, resulting in divergent organizational logics. I argue that organizational logics are transformed as they move across space. Transformations in organizational logic are also underpinned by changes in space. I use the concept of spatial scale to theorize changes in space. I argue that spatial scales are multiple spatial levels that are produced through three interconnected processes: capital accumulation, regulation and articulation of discourse. Organizational logics are typically positioned on a number of spatial scales at once. The transformation of organizational logic is underpinned by processes of rescaling and resistance involving the political contestation of scale. I conclude by reflecting on what contributions the concept of scales makes to studies of the transformation of organizational logics.