We introduce the concept of structural redundancy as a qualitatively different kind of reconciliation between two long-standing focuses of organizational and groups research - heterogeneity and homogeneity in organizations' personnel. Redundancy captures the structural arrangement whereby...

An organization will often use a specialized technical language that is un-derstood by its members but not by others. We develop a theory of optimalorganizational languages and identify a key trade-o¤ between facilitatinginternal communication and encouraging communication with other...