Natasha Slutskaya

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors illustrate the possibilities a relational perspective offers for overcoming the dominant dichotomies (e.g., qualitative versus quantitative, agency versus structure) that exist in the study of entrepreneurial phenomena.

TL;DR: This paper explored the meanings that men give to dirty work, that is jobs or roles that are seen as distasteful or "undesirable" in the butcher trade, and identified three themes from butchers' accounts that relate to work-based meanings: sacrifice through physicality of work; loss and nostalgia in the face of industrial change; and distinction from membership of a shared trade.

TL;DR: The authors explored how masculinity and class intersect and found resistance to class subordination through adherence to traditional forms of masculinity and through esteem-enhancing social comparison (e.g., with women; with migrant workers).

TL;DR: Despite growing interest in video-based methods in organizational research, the use of collaborative ethnographic documentaries is rare as discussed by the authors, and organizational research could benefit from the inclusion of such tools.

TL;DR: In this paper, the co-constitution of the material and symbolic dynamics of dirt is explored, and it is shown how esteem-enhancing strategies that draw on the symbolic can be both supported and undermined by the physicality of dirt.