From Absolute, Relative and Field Spaces to Relational Space: Epistemological Foundations and Reconfiguration of Organizational Space
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https://doi.org/10.65011/prismaods.v5.i1.176Palabras clave:
organizational space, relational spatiality, socio-spatial theory, materiality in organizations, relational ontologyResumen
This article is a conceptual and theoretical study that develops a transdisciplinary analytical framework to understand organizational space as a strategic dimension of human resource sustainability. Organizational space is analyzed not only as a physical container, but as a relational configuration —spatiality— in which material dispositions, social interactions, symbolic meanings, and power relations converge. Based on epistemological underpinnings from nomothetic and ideographic sciences and classical and contemporary organizational theory, the article argues that spatial configurations exist and coexist articulated or unarticulated, actively organizational culture, employee well-being, and sustainability outcomes. Based on transdisciplinary organizational theory (Pérez Mayo & Vallejo-Trujillo, 2018), organizational space is conceptualized as a dynamic and constitutive dimension of organizational life, rather than a neutral context. The article contributes to research on human resource sustainability by offering a coherent analytical framework that integrates the physical, social, and symbolic dimensions of organizational space. Its main objective is the construction of an analytical category and the articulation of a transdisciplinary framework. In this sense, it is inscribed in the tradition of conceptual development within organizational theory, rather than in research aimed at testing hypotheses.
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