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- Ahl, Helene, et al.
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Many words about tea
- 2010
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Ingår i: ENTER. ; 1:1, s. 193-210
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this conversation about the book The Republic of Tea, we discuss cultural connotations of the concept entrepreneur, possibilities of change through individual agency, and also entrepreneurship and marketing in terms of literary theory, and consequences of such a perspective for entrepreneurship research. On the way, we also experiment with a novel way of writing a scientifi c article.
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- Czarniawska, Barbara, 1948
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Narrating organization studies
- 2011
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Ingår i: Narrative Inquiry. - 1387-6740. ; 21:2
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- Czarniawska, Barbara, 1948
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Performativity in place of responsibility?
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of Organizational Change Management. - 0953-4814. ; 24:6, s. 823-829
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to question the common conviction that responsibility is the major factor influencing performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of a comparison of two recent cases of ecological catastrophes. Findings – In emergency situations, locating parties able to perform gives better results than establishing responsibility for the accident. Research limitations/implications – More similar cases should be examined systematically. Practical implications – If the conclusions are accepted, the conventional mode of acting in emergencies may change. Social implications – Hopefully, the paper may redirect attention from responsibility to performativity. Originality/value – The paper opposes a commonly accepted belief and the corresponding mode of acting.
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- Czarniawska, Barbara, 1948, et al.
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Socialization into modernity: On organizational enculturation in infantocracies.
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Organizational Change Management. - : Emerald. - 0953-4814. ; 23:2, s. 180-194
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the persistent ambiguity of socialization practices in US and Swedish organizations, which promote a mature work identity while infantilizing their employees. Design/methodology/approach – Application of the insights from modernist authors' analysis of modernity as experienced by a human subject within professional organizations (Gombrowicz and Musil) and as responsible for proliferation of layers of reality (Eco), to contemporary practices of socialization. Findings – The conflict between the need to conform to the corporate culture and the temptation to subvert them for creative or destructive purposes results in production of a “person without qualities,” and in the rise of the contemporary form of hyperreal infantocracy, which requires sophisticated irony in order to deal with organizational practices. Research limitations/implications – Paying more attention to literary analysts of contemporary condition such as Gombrowicz, Musil, Eco, and Kundera will allow to understand paradoxes of contemporary organizing beyond the limits of traditional social sciences. Practical implications – Combating apathy and disillusion among both employees and human resource management practitioners requires a reconceptualization of the programs of organizational socialization in terms of a sustainable and responsible corporate citizenship. Originality/value – Few authors have managed to mine the humanist heritage in order to salvage insights, which might have practical implications for a more balanced, sustainable, and humane organizational reality.
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- Czarniawska, Barbara, 1948
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Successful research: In whose eyes?
- 2011
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Ingår i: European Accounting Review. - 1468-4497. ; 20:1, s. 53-55
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- Czarniawska, Barbara, 1948
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The uses of narratology in social and policy studies
- 2010
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Ingår i: Critical Policy Studies. - 1946-0171. ; 4:1, s. 58-76
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article suggests possible multiple uses of narratology in social and policy studies. It starts with a brief history of the narrative turn in social sciences. The structure of the remainder of the text follows the trajectory of a research project. First there is a suggestion that researchers may learn from narratologists how to monitor the construction of narratives in the field of social practice, how to look for narratives in documents, and how to encourage narratives when conducting interviews. Then I look at how narratologists can teach social scientists various techniques of close reading, useful in analyzing field material. There follows an examination of the multiple models of writing that narratology and literature have on offer. The article ends with a reflection on the difference between the genres of literary and scholarly writing.
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- Czarniawska, Barbara, 1948
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Translation impossible? Accounting for a city project
- 2010
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Ingår i: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. - 0951-3574. ; 23:3, s. 420-437
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the complexity of accounting for the city, on a specific example of an urban project in Rome. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a study consisting of various accounts of the project, including a photo reportage done by the author. Findings – The study revealed that in spite of, and perhaps because of, a multitude of accounts, it was difficult if not impossible to follow the chain of translations from a political decision to actual events in the city. One of the reasons is the politicians' tendency to manipulate accounts; another is the hermetic character of technical accounts, including accounting, which makes actual processes more opaque rather than more transparent. Research limitations/implications – Within research perspective, a conceptualization of city management as a construction and maintenance of an action net might be helpful in attempts to render the complexity of translations of events and actions into words and numbers, and vice versa. Practical implications – The practical implication is that a more focused and consistent translation is needed, leaving open the question who should accomplish it. The possible candidates are the media, citizens' organizations and researchers. Originality/value – The paper offers a possible interpretative frame for studying city management, enriching it by the inclusion of visual reporting.
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