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Nancy Harding
Researcher at University of Bradford
Publications - 68
Citations - 2932
Nancy Harding is an academic researcher from University of Bradford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Performativity & Identity (social science). The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 68 publications receiving 2594 citations. Previous affiliations of Nancy Harding include University of Bath & University of Nottingham.
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What do we mean by performativity in organizational and management theory? The uses and abuses of performativity.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a historical and critical review of performativity in OMT, revealing the uses, abuses and under-uses of the concept by OMT scholars.
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The impossibility of the ‘true self’ of authentic leadership
Jackie Ford,Nancy Harding +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, object relations theory is used to identify the weaknesses of previous models of leadership and propose a new model of authentic leadership, which is increasingly influential, with its promise to eliminate, and thus surpass, the weaknesses.
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Who is ‘the middle manager’?
TL;DR: This article developed a theory of the identity of the middle manager using a theoretical framework offered by the philosopher Judith Butler and empirical material from focus groups of middle managers discussing their work using personal pronoun analysis to analyse the identity work they undertake while talking between themselves.
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Critical Essay: Reconsidering critical performativity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that critical performativity is flawed as it misreads foundational performativity authors, such as Austin and Butler, in ways that nullify their political potential and ignores a range of other influential theories of performativity.
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Move over management: We are all leaders now?
Jackie Ford,Nancy Harding +1 more
TL;DR: There is widespread debate within critical management studies (CMS) as to the possibility of introducing CMS principles and ideas into organizational life and there is similarly a critique of its pote...