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One dimensional man

David Bell
- 01 May 1965 - 
- Vol. 6, Iss: 2, pp 17-20
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Justification and the four dimensions of power

TL;DR: In this article, a dialogue with Forst on the role of justification in power relations, which is theory building in its own right, is presented, starting from Forst's argument that power is a cognitive...
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On the Illusory Nature of Sustainable Development: A case study of a Montreal Suburb

Peter Graham
TL;DR: In this paper, an apparent paradox attaches to the concept of sustainable development: as general levels of education, technology, and scientific knowledge have increased, so has the ecological impact of humanity and the likelihood of large-scale anthropogenic catastrophe for human populations.
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Alienation and Knowledge-Seeking: A Note on Attitude and Action

TL;DR: This paper used a two-step survey procedure to obtain an unobtrusive measure of knowledge-seeking behavior on the part of workers whose prior alienation had been determined, and found that high work alienation is an index of need for information, and low powerlessness is a index of low expectation about its likely utility.
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Beyond the hegemonic narrative – a study of managers

TL;DR: In this paper, an ethnographic narrative based on an 18-month period of participant observation where the author was a manager in a business unit acquired by another company for $1 billion is presented.
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School leadership and cognitive interests: the development of a leadership framework based on Habermas' theory of knowledge-constitutive interests

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on an exploration of school leadership from the perspective of how school leaders bring multiple cognitive interests to bear in their leadership practice, by analysing the discourse of practising school leaders.
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Staged Authenticity: arrangements of social space in tourist settings

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined accounts of travelers in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction and found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences.
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Work, Self and Society: After Industrialism

TL;DR: Casey as discussed by the authors explored the effects of contemporary practices of work on the self and found that changes currently occuring in the world of work are part of the vast social and cultural changes that are challenging the meta trends of modern industrialism.
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What is critical urban theory

Neil Brenner
- 01 Jun 2009 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors interpret critical urban theory with reference to four mutually interconnected elements: its theoretical character; its reflexivity; its critique of instrumental reason; and its emphasis on the disjuncture between the actual and the possible.
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Self-doubters, strugglers, storytellers, surfers and others: Images of self-identities in organization studies

Mats Alvesson
- 19 Jan 2010 - 
TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature, including self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers.