Yiannis Gabriel

Bio: Yiannis Gabriel is an academic researcher from University of Bath. The author has contributed to research in topics: Narrative & Psychoanalytic theory. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 147 publications receiving 8606 citations. Previous affiliations of Yiannis Gabriel include Royal Holloway, University of London & University of California.

Storytelling in organizations : facts, fictions, and fantasies

Abstract: Myths, stories, and folklore are part of the fabric and life of all organizations, enabling us to understand, identify, and communicate the character of the organization - its ambitions, conflicts, and peculiarities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork of storytelling in five organizations, this book argues that stories open valuable windows into the emotional and symbolic lives of organizations. By collecting stoires in different organizations, by listening and comparing different accounts, by investigating how narratives are constructed around specific events, by examining which events in an organization's history generate stories and which ones fail to do so, researchers can gain access to deeper organizational realities, closely linked to their members' experiences. In this way, stories enable researchers to study organizational politics, culture, and change in uniquely illuminating ways, revealing how wider organizational issues are viewed, commented upon, and worked upon by their members. The book's first part develops the theory of storytelling by building on various approaches, including narrative, folkloric, ethnographic, symbolic, social constructionist, and psychoanalytic, while the second offers a set of four studies which make use of stories in exploring particular aspects of organizational life.

The Unmanageable Consumer: Contemporary Consumption and its Fragmentation

Abstract: Introduction The Faces of the Consumer The Emergence of Contemporary Consumerism The Consumer as Chooser The Consumer as Communicator The Consumer as Explorer The Consumer as Identity-Seeker The Consumer Hedonist or Artist? The Consumer as Victim The Consumer as Rebel The Consumer as Activist The Consumer as Citizen The Vanishing Consumer?

The Unmanageable Consumer

Abstract: The Emergence Of Contemporary Consumerism The Consumer As Chooser The Consumer As Communicator The Consumer As Explorer The Consumer As Identity-Seeker The Consumer Hedonist Or Artist? The Consumer As Victim The Consumer As Rebel The Consumer As Activist The Consumer As Citizen The Unmanageable Consumer

The Unmanaged Organization: Stories, Fantasies and Subjectivity

Abstract: This paper argues that within every organization there is a terrain which is not and cannot be managed, in which people, both individually and in groups, can engage in unsupervised, spontaneous activity This is referred to as the unmanaged organization, a kind of organizational dreamworld in which desires, anxieties and emotions find expressions in highly irrational construc tions The chief force in this terrain is fantasy and its landmarks include stories, myths, jokes, gossip, nicknames, graffiti and cartoons In the organizational dreamworld, emotions prevail over rationality and pleasure over reality The paper argues that fantasy offers a third possibility to organizational members, which amounts to neither conformity nor rebellion, but to a grudging material acceptance accompanied by a symbolic refashioning of events and official stor ies Far from being a marginal terrain, it is suggested that the unmanaged organisation is rich, multidimensional and the natural habitat of subjectivity Four diffe

In a Different Voice. Psychological Theory and Women’s Development. Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Press) 1982.

Abstract: Introduction 1. Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle 2. Images of Relationship 3. Concepts of Self and Morality 4. Crisis and Transition 5. Women's Rights and Women's Judgment 6. Visions of Maturity References Index of Study Participants General Index

Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations: Systematic Review and Recommendations

Abstract: This article summarizes an extensive literature review addressing the question, How can we spread and sustain innovations in health service delivery and organization? It considers both content (defining and measuring the diffusion of innovation in organizations) and process (reviewing the literature in a systematic and reproducible way). This article discusses (1) a parsimonious and evidence-based model for considering the diffusion of innovations in health service organizations, (2) clear knowledge gaps where further research should be focused, and (3) a robust and transferable methodology for systematically reviewing health service policy and management. Both the model and the method should be tested more widely in a range of contexts.

기독교 사역과 Leadership

Abstract: Building Leadership Effectiveness This program encourages leaders to develop practices that transform values into action, vision into realities, obstacles into innovations, and risks into rewards. Participants will be introduced to the five practices of exemplary leadership: modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart Coaching & Communicating for Performance Coaching & Communicating for Performance is a highly interactive program that will give supervisors and managers the opportunity to build skills that will enable them to share expectations and set objectives for employees, provide constructive feedback, more effectively engage in learning conversations, and coaching opportunities. Skillful Conflict Management for Leaders As a leader, it is important to understand conflict and be effective at conflict management because the way conflict is resolved becomes an integral component of our university’s culture. This series of conflict management sessions help leaders learn and put into practice effective strategies for managing conflict.