Abstract

Elena Raviola and Benjamin Hartmann (2009). Business Perspectives on
Work in News Organizations,
Journal of Media Business Studies, 6(1):7-36.

Key Words: organization, productivity, human relations, knowledge work, newsrooms,
journalists

This article provides an overview of literature relating to work and work organization and
relates the approaches, concepts, and theories to contemporary changes in news
organizations. The authors thus provide a fundamental basis for analyzing, exploring, and
understanding the effects and implications of the changes on individuals, workgroups,
and news organizations as a whole.