| dc.description.abstract | Most scholarship in modern Organisation Theory maintains a near-exclusive focus on privatesector
settings. In contrast, this article argues that complex public-sector organisational
systems – such as the European Union (EU) – can provide a very relevant laboratory to both
fine-tune organisation theoretical propositions and test them empirically. I thereby first draw
attention to the value-added of Organisation Theory for the study of EU institutions. Then, I
turn to these institutions’ capacity to present a springboard for theoretical development in
Organisation Theory, and bring forward a number of avenues for further research on the
intersection of EU studies and Organisation Theory that can push forward both research fields. | |
