Showing papers in "Organization in 2020"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors observe how Uber, a company often hailed as being the poster-child of the sharing economy facilitated through a digital platform may also at times represent a threat.
Abstract: In this inductive, qualitative study, we observe how Uber, a company often hailed as being the poster-child of the sharing economy facilitated through a digital platform may also at times represent...
108 citations
TL;DR: The authors argue that political corporate social responsibility (PCSR), while hailed by many as a solution to societal problems not dealt with by government, reflects both a triumph of neoliberal corporate and a failure of social responsibility.
Abstract: We argue that political corporate social responsibility (PCSR), while hailed by many as a solution to societal problems not dealt with by government, reflects both a triumph of neoliberal corporate
41 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative study of several coworking spaces conducted over three years is presented. And they build on Foucault's reflection concerning heterotopias to develop a new concept -syntopia.
Abstract: This article reports a qualitative study of several coworking spaces conducted over 3 years. We build on Foucault’s reflection concerning heterotopias to develop a new concept – that of ‘syntopia’ ...
41 citations
TL;DR: Based on the evidence found in two case studies of intensive agriculture in Southern Spain, this article analyzed the impact of business strategies aimed at devaluing packaging plant work in the co-...
Abstract: Based on the evidence found in two case studies of intensive agriculture in Southern Spain, this article analyses the impact of business strategies aimed at devaluing packaging plant work in the co...
36 citations
TL;DR: Although the public debate tends to privilege investor-owned organisations, alternative forms of organisation are mushrooming at the borders of the capitalist economy as mentioned in this paper, and they are called "alternative forms of organization".
Abstract: Although the public debate tends to privilege investor-owned organisations, alternative forms of organisation are mushrooming at the borders of the capitalist economy. In this work, we contribute t...
35 citations
TL;DR: There are more than 40,000 agricultural cooperatives in Europe with 9 million farmer members and over 600,000 workers as discussed by the authors and due to the democratic nature of the cooperative form, it is assumed agricultur...
Abstract: There are more than 40,000 agricultural cooperatives in Europe with 9 million farmer members and over 600,000 workers. Due to the democratic nature of the cooperative form, it is assumed agricultur...
31 citations
TL;DR: This paper argued that individualized social media activism has affinities to populism, and may have detrimental consequences for the country's political process, and pointed out that the type of individualized online activism that has been conceptualized as "connective action" has affinity to populism.
Abstract: This article argues that the type of individualized social media activism that has been conceptualized as ‘connective action’ has affinities to populism, and may have detrimental consequences for d...
29 citations
TL;DR: Adaptations of Deleuze's and Guattari's philosophizing on the immanent forces of the unconscious have risen to challenge joyous, affirmative readings of their work by bringing the dark and destructiveness.
Abstract: Adaptations of Deleuze’s and Guattari’s philosophizing on the immanent forces of the unconscious have risen to challenge joyous, affirmative readings of their work by bringing the dark and destruct...
28 citations
TL;DR: Through a sustained engagement with postcolonial/subaltern studies scholarships, the authors inquire into how intersectionality as an approach could advance an argument in the context of the postcolonized/alternative studies.
Abstract: Through a sustained engagement with postcolonial/subaltern studies scholarships, I would inquire into how intersectionality as an approach could advance an argument in the context of the postcoloni...
27 citations
TL;DR: Is sport an appropriate forum for activists to engage in political protest? In recent years, this question has been the subject of conversations in households, public spaces such as barbershops and...
Abstract: Is sport an appropriate forum for activists to engage in political protest? In recent years, this question has been the subject of conversations in households, public spaces such as barbershops and...
25 citations
TL;DR: Dance with us, on the dance-floor and with words, as we reenact our individual and shared tango autoethnographic experiences to develop an understanding of field inter-corporeality as a phenomenolo...
Abstract: Dance with us, on the dance-floor and with words, as we reenact our individual and shared tango autoethnographic experiences to develop an understanding of field inter-corporeality as a phenomenolo...
TL;DR: In this paper, a Lefebvrian perspective is adopted to draw attention to the connection between space and power, and an in-depth understanding of power and space is provided.
Abstract: Adopting a Lefebvrian perspective that draws attention to the connection between space and power, this study aims to contribute to the organizational literature by offering an in-depth understandin...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors contribute to the case for seeing the economy as a rich landscape of practices for producing and distributing livelihood extending beyond the capitalist market and to hig e cation.
Abstract: Our purpose is twofold: to contribute to the case for seeing the economy as a rich landscape of practices for producing and distributing livelihood extending beyond the capitalist market and to hig...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how members of one of the largest Canadian consumer co-ops, reacting to what they saw as an assault on its democratic principles, use social media to try resisting the attempt.
Abstract: This article explores how members of one of the largest Canadian consumer co-ops, reacting to what they saw as an assault on its democratic principles, use social media to try resisting the attempt...
TL;DR: In the second part of the special issue on alternative economies published in Organization in 2017 as discussed by the authors, the authors briefly chart key fora where the debate has continued in the last two decades.
Abstract: In this introduction to the second part of the special issue on alternative economies published in Organization in 2017, I first briefly chart key fora where the debate has continued in the last tw...
TL;DR: In this paper, the barriers and strategies experienced by Spanish working fathers regarding work-family balance were explored based on 29 in-depth interviews with Spanish working dads in different typologies.
Abstract: This article explores the barriers and strategies experienced by Spanish working fathers regarding work-family balance. Based on 29 in-depth interviews with Spanish working fathers in different typ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed two critical events regarding sexual harassment in organizational organizations and concluded that sexual harassment, the most studied kind of sexual violence, is an organizational problem, and that it is a serious problem.
Abstract: Organizational scholars have established that sexual harassment, the most studied kind of sexual violence, is an organizational problem. Extending this work, we analyze two critical events regardin...
TL;DR: In the early 2000s, the business sector has, as a matter of both professional and academic concern, repeatedly advocated the transfer of artistic practices, especially those deemed exemplary form as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Since the early 2000s the business sector has, as a matter of both professional and academic concern, repeatedly advocated the transfer of artistic practices, especially those deemed exemplary form...
TL;DR: In this article, a storytelling account of subjectivity and politics in organizations is developed, drawing on Arendt's work, where storytelling is understood as the process through which actors reconstruct thei...
Abstract: Drawing on Arendt’s work, this article develops a storytelling account of subjectivity and politics in organizations. Storytelling is understood as the process through which actors reconstruct thei...
TL;DR: Community supported agriculture schemes are a prominent example of localized alternatives to the global food system as discussed by the authors, where the consumer is presented as alternative nodes of food production, where the consumers e...
Abstract: Community supported agriculture schemes are a prominent example of localized alternatives to the global food system. They are presented as alternative nodes of food production, where the consumer e...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that mature political democracies require an agonistic form of populism in order to function, and that such populism counters technocratic apathy and instrumental reductionism.
Abstract: In this paper we argue that mature political democracies require an agonistic form of populism in order to function. Agonistic populism counters technocratic apathy and instrumental reductionism an...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors scrutinize the Global Britain project championed by the UK government since the Brexit vote and reflect on the role played by business schools in it, and their argument is twofold.
Abstract: In this essay, I scrutinize the ‘Global Britain’ project championed by the UK government since the Brexit vote and reflect on the role played by business schools in it. My argument is twofold. Firs...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the "practices of freedom" performed by non-binary individuals in the production of "normal" identities, inspired by a reading of O'Shea's piece in this journal.
Abstract: This article, inspired by a reading of O’Shea’s piece in this journal in 2018 which problematized the production of ‘normal’ identities, considers the ‘practices of freedom’ performed by non-binary...
TL;DR: The aim of this essay is to illuminate the lived experiences of Victoria as discussed by the authors, an undocumented immigrant woman of Mexican origin working and living in the United States. Drawing on an in-depth interview...
Abstract: The aim of this essay is to illuminate the lived experiences of Victoria—an undocumented immigrant woman of Mexican origin working and living in the United States. Drawing on an in-depth interview ...
TL;DR: In an era of Brexit, Trump and the detritus of post-truth politics, this paper called upon critical management scholars to reflect upon the efficacy of their critique and examine the posttruth cr...
Abstract: In an era of Brexit, Trump and the detritus of post-truth politics, this article calls upon critical management scholars to reflect upon the efficacy of their critique. We examine the post-truth cr...
TL;DR: In this article, the relevance of taking Brazilian past experience and theorization of populism into account to understand present-day challenges is argued, departing from Weffort's conceptualization of popul...
Abstract: We advocate for the relevance of taking Brazilian past experience and theorization of populism into account to understand present-day challenges. We depart from Weffort’s conceptualization of popul...
TL;DR: The first special issue of any organization studies journal on food labour was published in 2013 as discussed by the authors, with the authors arguing that the field should pay much more attention to the agri-...
Abstract: This is the first special issue of any organisation studies journal on food labour. Why is this a big deal? In this Introduction, we argue that the field should pay much more attention to the agri-...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use the critical theory literature to describe the processes of co-optation by which capitalism engages with its radical alternatives in order to subvert their emancipatory power.
Abstract: In this article, we use the critical theory literature to describe the processes of co-optation by which capitalism engages with its radical alternatives in order to subvert their emancipatory pote...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors critically ascertain how the modern university increasingly drifting away from the key ambitions of its own mission statement, and largely by its own doing, and they point out that "the modern university is increasingly drifting towards its own self-interest".
Abstract: What we critically ascertain in this essay is how the modern university is increasingly drifting away from the key ambitions of its own mission statement, and largely by its own doing. Although the...
TL;DR: In this article, an ethnography of the organizing of an underground mine is presented, where actor-network theory's theorizing of space, particularly the risk of drifting into spatial pluralism, is discussed.
Abstract: In an ethnography of the organizing of an underground mine, this article critically engages with actor–network theory’s theorizing of space, particularly the risk of drifting into spatial pluralism...