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The ascension of Kafkaesque bureaucracy in private sector organizations 27 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Although Weber’s ideal typical model of bureaucracy was developed primarily in relation to the state, studies of private sector organizations typically adhere to its formal-rational conceptions with l...
Identity undoing and power relations in leadership development 27 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Leadership development theory and practice is increasingly turning its gaze on identity as a primary focus for development efforts. Most of this literature focuses on how the identities of participant...
Organizing to counter terrorism: Sensemaking amidst dynamic complexity 27 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Organizations increasingly find themselves contending with circumstances that are suffused with dynamic complexity. So how do they make sense of and contend with this? Using a sensemaking approach, ou...
A comparison of clinical psychoanalysis and research interviews 27 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
The increasing interest in psychosocial methods justifies a comparison of elements of clinical psychoanalysis and research interviews. The article outlines the pressures for a paradigm shift in psycho...
Fantasies about work as limitless potential - how managers and employees seduce each other through dynamics of mutual recognition 27 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
This article draws on combinations of discourse theory and Lacanian theory to study the role of fantasies in creative knowledge work. It attempts to nuance a number of critical Lacanian studies that e...
Long working hours and working-time preferences: Between desirability and feasibility 31 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
Studies of workers engaged in patterns of long working hours increasingly draw on working-time preference data from large-scale surveys, in particular data on the ‘match’ or ‘mismatch’ of current work...
Talking work in a bank: A study of organizing properties of leadership in work interactions 31 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
Leadership is generally seen not only as an inspiring and motivating force but also as having important organizing properties. Despite this common assumption, the organizing properties of leadership h...
It's all in the mix: Determinants and consequences of workforce blending in call centres 31 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
Supplementing the full-time permanent workforce with part-time staff is a widespread practice among firms. To better understand this dynamic, we evaluate how work organization choices influence the de...
Taylorizing business school research: On the 'one best way' performative effects of journal ranking lists 31 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
The article critically examines how work is shaped by performance measures. Its specific focus is upon the use of journal lists, rather than the detail of their construction, in conditioning the resea...
Review Article: How can we make organizational interventions work? Employees and line managers as actively crafting interventions 31 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the processes of organizational interventions when evaluating the outcomes on employee health and well-being. Nevertheless, process evaluation...
