Sex is much more rife in the workplace than many would think according to this fascinating and controversial new book. It argues that not only does sexuality pervade every aspect of organizations, but also that organization pervades every aspect of our sexuality.
This two-way conceptualization lends the book a two-part structure, covering firstly the ways in which organizational behaviour is shaped through issues such as male managers' experience of violence, organizational constructions of sexual harassment, and professionals who work with sex offenders. The second part of...
Sex is much more rife in the workplace than many would think according to this fascinating and controversial new book. It argues that not only does...
This work argues not only that sexuality pervades every aspect of organizations, but also that organization pervades every aspect of our sexuality. This two-way conceptualization lends the book its two-part structure. Firstly, the ways in which organizational behaviour is shaped by sexuality are addressed through consideration of male managers' experience of violence, a gendered industrial dispute, organizational constructions of sexual harassment, studies of professionals who work with sex offenders and the organised practice of sado-masochism.
This work argues not only that sexuality pervades every aspect of organizations, but also that organization pervades every aspect of our sexuality. Th...
The concepts of social sciences, social action and organizations as texts are no longer unfamiliar ones. The use of language in social analysis has made researchers acutely aware of the importance of language use, not only to contain and express experience but also to create second order accounts of these experiences. This way of using language to shape our knowledge and guide social action, it is urged, makes social action and organization a text. Text/Work is an exploration of our understanding of the textual nature of organizational life and considers the consequences of textual nature for...
The concepts of social sciences, social action and organizations as texts are no longer unfamiliar ones. The use of language in social analysis has ma...
Organization and Identity provides an exploration of identity as a contemporary concern in everyday life and as a key concept in the social sciences, particularly focusing on how ideas about identity can be applied to organization and management studies. The contributors to this volume use and develop recent philosophical thought on the nature of identity to ask questions about the key social divisions of gender, class and nation, such as whether we are able to write our own identity stories or do we remain bound by social constraints and...
Organization and Identity provides an exploration of identity as a contemporary concern in everyday life and as a key concept in the social ...
Drawing on both analytical and continental traditions, this thought-provoking book takes a balanced look at the contributions philosophy can make to improving our understanding of what it means to organize.
The essays consider three areas: representing organization, knowing organization, and the becoming of organization. With originality and flair, the contributors make a powerful case for the need for a new philosophy of management and organization.
Drawing on both analytical and continental traditions, this thought-provoking book takes a balanced look at the contributions philosophy can make t...
An examination of the possibility of developing an aesthetics of organization as a field of inquiry within organization studies. It explains how meaning and order become real in an organization through the concepts of postmodern thinkers and highlights methodological problems.
An examination of the possibility of developing an aesthetics of organization as a field of inquiry within organization studies. It explains how meani...
The concepts of social sciences, social action and organizations as texts, are no longer unfamiliar ones. The use of language in social analysis has made researchers acutely aware of the importance of language use, not only to contain and express experience but also to create second order accounts of these experiences. This way of using language to shape our knowledge and guide social action, it is urged, makes social action and organization a 'text'. Text/Work is an innovative exploration of our understanding of the textual nature of organizational life, and considers the consequences of...
The concepts of social sciences, social action and organizations as texts, are no longer unfamiliar ones. The use of language in social analysis has m...
