This paper explores how management and organization research has shed light on the relation between standards and power. The narrative literature review intersects so far unconnected categorizations from standardization and power literatures to systematically map out the broad knowledge structure of the power-related literature on standardization. As a result, the paper details six power-related notions of standardization. Building on the review, the paper summarizes neglected issues and suggests new avenues for future research. The analysis reveals that research widely tends toward either/or conceptions in terms of the empowering or disempowering dynamics of standardization. To descend from this dichotomous perspective in future research, the paper finally recommends exploring the dialectics of standardization in more detail: first, by analyzing standards as a reflection of existing power structures and contestations; second, by investigating standards as subject to power logics and interests; and third, by scrutinizing standardization as the dynamic interplay of powerlessness and powerfulness.

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管理和组织研究中标准与权力的关系：核心概念和替代途径

本文探讨了管理和组织研究如何阐明标准与权力之间的关系。叙述性文献综述交叉了迄今为止与标准化和权力文献无关的分类，系统地绘制了与权力相关的标准化文献的广泛知识结构。因此，本文详细介绍了六种与功率相关的标准化概念。在回顾的基础上，本文总结了被忽视的问题，并为未来的研究提出了新的途径。分析表明，在标准化的授权或剥夺动态方面，研究广泛倾向于非此即彼的概念。为了在未来的研究中从这种二分法的角度出发，本文最后建议更详细地探索标准化的辩证法：首先，通过分析反映现有权力结构和争议的标准；其次，考察受权力逻辑和利益支配的标准；第三，将标准化视为无力与强大的动态相互作用。