MORE FRAGMENTATION - UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN LINKING THE SOCIAL-SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES

Although administrative science (organizational studies) has made much progress since the founding of ASQ, it continues to be a fragmented f ield of study. This essay explores one source of the continuing and po ssibly increasing fragmentation of administrative science-the extensiv e but partial rapprochement with the humanities that has occurred in r ecent decades. I argue that the opening to the humanities is useful be cause it helps us understand processes and phenomena that are not well explored in more traditional modes, but the opening is still incomple te. It has taken place most fully in research using deconstructive, rh etorical, and narrative analysis growing out of literary theory, and t here has been some engagement with history and historical analysis. Th e connection to the traditional topics of philosophy have been most di sjointed. An agenda for further research is suggested.