Forty Years of Organization Studies: Reflections from a Micro Perspective

? 1996 by Cornell University. 0001-8392/96/41 02-0262/$1 .00. This essay conveys my views of the past 40 years of organization studies. It is written from a micro perspective, representing my roots in psychology. The successes and the disappointments what I believe the field has accomplished or failed to accomplish over these four decades are reviewed, followed by some thoughts about what I think ought to happen in the future if the field is to continue to advance.