New Handbook on Organizational Sociology Published

The Handbook of Organizational Sociology has been published by Springer VS. The volume is co-edited by Maja Apelt, Ingo Bode, Raimund Hasse, Uli Meyer, Victoria von Groddeck, Maximiliane Wilkesmann, and Arnold Windeler.

The handbook provides a broad, multidimensional overview of the development, current state, and future prospects of organizational sociology. It brings together major theoretical approaches and contemporary debates while also examining connections, overlaps, and complementarities with related disciplines. In doing so, the volume consolidates current knowledge and offers a comprehensive reference work for organizational sociology in the German-speaking academic context.

Maximiliane Wilkesmann is not only a co-editor of the volume but also contributes a chapter entitled "Learning as a Permanent Endeavour? Changing Approaches to Knowledge in Organizations." The chapter critically examines the widespread assumption that organizations and their members must learn continuously. It discusses different perspectives on organizational learning, organizational knowledge, and knowledge management. It also addresses the significance of knowledge transfer, unlearning, and non-knowledge, particularly in the context of digitalization, growing information overload, and artificial intelligence.

Apelt, M., Bode, I., Hasse, R., Meyer, U., von Groddeck, V., Wilkesmann, M., & Windeler, A. (Eds.). (2026). Handbuch Organisationssoziologie. Springer VS.

Wilkesmann, M. (2026). Lernen als Dauerveranstaltung? Zum Wandel des Umgangs mit Wissen in Organisationen [Learning as a permanent endeavour? Changing approaches to knowledge in organizations]. In M. Apelt, I. Bode, R. Hasse, U. Meyer, V. von Groddeck, M. Wilkesmann, & A. Windeler (Eds.), Handbuch Organisationssoziologie (pp. 719–734). Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-15920-7_41