Showing papers in "Culture and Organization in 2020"
TL;DR: In the past decade, the "circular economy" (CE) has established itself as an influential model for economic development, with the Chinese central and regional governments (Su et al. 2013) and the Eu...
Abstract: In the past decade the ‘circular economy’ (CE) has established itself as an influential model for economic development, with the Chinese central and regional governments (Su et al. 2013) and the Eu...
58 citations
TL;DR: In recent years, the concept of the circular economy gained prominence in EU policy-making as discussed by the authors, which promotes a future in which linear "make-use-dispose" cultures are replaced by more ci...
Abstract: In recent years the concept of the circular economy gained prominence in EU policy-making. The circular economy promotes a future in which linear ‘make-use-dispose’ cultures are replaced by more ci...
46 citations
TL;DR: A literature review shows that the circular economy debate is biased toward technology-driven industrial change, while bracketing broader socio-economic development as mentioned in this paper, and that the CE debate has become a matter of urban development.
Abstract: The circular economy (CE) has become a matter of urban development. A literature review shows that the CE debate is biased toward technology-driven industrial change, while bracketing broader socio...
44 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a knowledge-based approach is applied to study the role of circular economy for sustainable development, and an analysis of publications from practice-oriented circular economy advocates is deployed to evaluate them.
Abstract: This paper applies a knowledge-based approach to study the role of circular economy (CE) for sustainable development. An analysis of publications from practice-oriented CE advocates is deployed to ...
33 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the role of values in a Danish political party called The Alternative, a party claiming to be guided by values rather than principles, and find that it is not a party guided by principles rather than values.
Abstract: This paper seeks to advance the study of organizational values by analyzing the role of values in a Danish political party called The Alternative, a party claiming to be guided by values rather tha...
16 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the earlier works of Judith Butler to discuss her understanding of gender theory and moreover do so in relation to people who are transgender, arguing that her allegorical use of them does not do justice to their precarious lives.
Abstract: In this essay, I focus on the earlier works of Judith Butler to discuss her understanding of gender theory and moreover do so in relation to people who are transgender. Transgender folk are important to Butler’s early work but I contend that her allegorical use of them does not do justice to their precarious lives. I relate my discussion to existing work in organisational studies concerned both with Butler and trans folk and argue that Butler’s concept of performativity should be (re)read alongside her other concerns with embodiment and universality to argue that, at least in relation to transgender folk, her work needs to be extended to consider issues of dysphoria in order to explain why some gender identities are refused and made abject.
16 citations
TL;DR: The Swedish animal welfare debate has for years focused on the meat industry, which sees animals not as sentient creatures but as production factors and commodities to be economically exploited as discussed by the authors, which is the case in many other countries as well.
Abstract: The Swedish animal welfare debate has for years focused on the meat industry, which sees animals not as sentient creatures but as production factors and commodities to be economically exploited. Al...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the psychoanalytical concept of uncanny provides an apt lens for making sense of organizational life, and the authors suggest that the concept can be used to describe the ambiguous, complex, and shadowy realities of human life.
Abstract: This paper joins the debate on the ambiguous, complex, and shadowy realities of organizational life. It suggests that the psychoanalytical concept of uncanny provides an apt lens for making sense o...
12 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the content and underpinning ideology of the guru guide hold importan-an interest for academic audiences and argue that it is a source of interest for management experts.
Abstract: The ‘management guru’ text has long been a source of interest for academic audiences. In this tradition, this paper argues that the content and underpinning ideology of the guru guide hold importan...
11 citations
TL;DR: The authors examined career identity practices among a select group of fitness professionals in the U.K. and examined how the inter-relationship between career identity and fitness professionals inter-dependencies.
Abstract: The findings of this article emerge from an eight-month study examining career identity practices amongst a select group of fitness professionals in the U.K. We examine how the inter-relationship b...
9 citations
TL;DR: Migration integration policies in the Netherlands have become increasingly restrictive over the past two decades as mentioned in this paper. This development has been prompted chiefly by the strong politicization of the subjec...
Abstract: Migrant integration policies in the Netherlands have become increasingly restrictive over the past two decades. This development has been prompted chiefly by the strong politicization of the subjec...
TL;DR: Despite a symbolic shift toward emotional taint in dirty work literature, the role of the workplace has not been studied in relation to socially admired professions, such as corporate social resp... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Despite a symbolic shift toward ‘emotional taint’ in dirty work literature, the role of the workplace has not been studied in relation to socially admired professions, such as corporate social resp...
TL;DR: This paper explored how therapists when introduced as new so-called frontline "experts" in home care work, become both discursive and embodied mediators for the managerial ideology of rehabilitation.
Abstract: This article explores how therapists when introduced as new so-called frontline ‘experts’ in home care work, become both discursive and embodied mediators for the managerial ideology of rehabilitat...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how overlapping sources of identification allow organizational members to resist managerial influence collectively in the absence of overt talk or leadership communication, and describe how organizational members resist managerial influences collectively.
Abstract: This study describes how overlapping sources of identification allow organizational members to resist managerial influence collectively in the absence of overt talk or leadership communication – la...
TL;DR: This paper explore the insight that can be brought by Deleuze and Guattari's concept of minor literature with regard to questions of field access within the context of organizational ethnog...
Abstract: This paper aims to explore the insight that can be brought by Deleuze and Guattari's concept of minor literature with regard to questions of field access within the context of organizational ethnog...
TL;DR: The integration perspective on culture that has its base in the intellectual tradition of functionalism seems to be institutionalized in the literature on healthcare mergers as mentioned in this paper, and the analysis of a m
Abstract: The integration perspective on culture that has its base in the intellectual tradition of functionalism seems to be institutionalized in the literature on healthcare mergers In our analysis of a m
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the possibilities and limits of applying institutional ethnography, a feminist theoretical and methodological approach that contributes to collective projects of investigatinitatio, and propose a set of guidelines for applying it.
Abstract: This article considers the possibilities and limits of applying institutional ethnography, a feminist theoretical and methodological approach that contributes to collective projects of investigatin...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that romanticizing leaders as caring pastors usually benefits followers by having someone to protect them or to blame if things go wrong, but why would leaders want to play along and pretend they are...
Abstract: Romanticizing leaders as caring pastors usually benefits followers, by having someone to protect them or to blame if things go wrong. But, why would leaders want to play along and pretend they are ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine Morgan's theorization of images of organizations from a phenomenological perspective using the works of Nikos Kazantzakis, and argue that Morgan's representation of organizations can be seen as a form of self-reference.
Abstract: This paper examines Morgan’s theorization of images of organizations from a phenomenological perspective using the works of Nikos Kazantzakis. The paper argues that Morgan’s representation ...
TL;DR: This article analyzed the dynamics at peripheral units of a Western global professional service firm and drew on post-colonization theory to analyze the post-colonial dynamics at the news agency Reuters.
Abstract: This article analyses neo-colonial dynamics at peripheral units of a Western global professional service firm. Drawing on postcolonial theory, an empirical study at global news agency Reuters’ subs...
TL;DR: The authors investigate the lived experiences of childbirth as a site of "fleshy becomings" that disrupts the dominantly cleaned-up approaches to organizing, and propose a new approach to childbirt.
Abstract: This article enquires into the lived experiences of childbirth as a site of ‘fleshy becomings’ that disrupts the dominantly cleaned-up approaches to organising. Theoretically, we approach childbirt...
TL;DR: This paper explored how middle-managers make sense of their career progress and particularly focused on "merit" to understand how careers are driven in a hierarchy of managers, and provided an in-context exploration of how middleman managers made sense of career progress.
Abstract: This contribution provides an in-context exploration of how middle-managers make sense of their career progress, and particularly focuses on ‘merit’ to understand how careers are driven in a hierar...
TL;DR: In this paper, the central role of the flesh within care relationships and how this disrupts and progresses existing understandings of care work is highlighted. But it is argued that care work, in general, is a connec...
Abstract: This paper highlights the central role of the flesh within care relationships and how this disrupts and progresses existing understandings of care work. It is argued here that care work is a connec...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analysis of actions undertaken to promote and implement reusable takeout food containers in New York City in response to the overuse of plastic disposable single-use container.
Abstract: The paper presents an analysis of actions undertaken to promote and implement reusable takeout food containers in New York City in response to the overuse of plastic disposable single-use container...
TL;DR: In this paper, increased attention is being paid to non-human animals, inspired in part by Human-Animal Studies and theoretical frameworks which reveal the fragility of human/animal dualism.
Abstract: Increased attention is being paid to non-human animals, inspired in part by Human-Animal Studies and theoretical frameworks which reveal the fragility of human/animal dualism. Via the application o...
TL;DR: The authors connect the critical discourse on the "creative class" with a longstanding lineage of thought on creativity in psychoanalysis, demonstrating their combined value in understanding worker creativity in the context of psychoanalysis.
Abstract: This paper connects the critical discourse on the ‘creative class’ with a longstanding lineage of thought on creativity in psychoanalysis, demonstrating their combined value in understanding worker...