Organizational de-structuring? Latour’s potential contribution to the critical realist – pragmatist dispute

This article explores a key difference that Elder-Vass has identified between critical realism and pragmatism: their divergent views on the viability of concept social structure. Noting this is also point dispute realists Actor-Network Theorists, I try to contribute debate about structure by focusing question whether organizations are structures, drawing pragmatist-leaning ANT - Bruno Latour evaluate those realist Dave Elder-Vass. suggest Latour's arguments can be used identify two challenges for Elder-Vass's approach, questioning both an organization singular structural form have determinable powers impacts. then consider approach vulnerable perspectives which deny existence cannot account long-term stabilities, fail connect different cases, individualistic in character.