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- Doshi, Vijayta, et al.
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'Be Creative!' : Control, Demand, Hypocrisy, and the Management of Creativity
- 2016
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In: Academy of Management Proceedings. - 0065-0668. ; 2016:1
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Our paper challenges the “romantic” notion of creativity being good and liberating. Interpreting the empirical evidences from two organizations, based in India and Sweden, respectively, it presents how creativity and creative process are strangling because they are controlled and demanded in organizations. In doing so, we put forth the idea of hypocritical creativity in organizations. Our study highlights the shortcomings of the dominant perspective on creativity and suggests the need for further empirical studies that examine creativity critically in different contexts.
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- Schaefer, Stephan, et al.
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The Efficiency Paradox in Organization and Management Theory
- 2016
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In: Academy of Management Proceedings. - 0065-0668. ; 2015:1
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We theoretically discuss a phenomenon that we label “efficiencyism”. Efficiencyism describes a fixation on reified tenets of efficiency without questioning its assumptions and consequences. In organization and management theory efficiency is a foundational concept, which is assumed to be vital for economic success based on the optimization of input-output ratios. Based on the logic of the Jevons Paradox, a concept originating from resource and environmental economics, we challenge the assumptions underlying the notion of efficiency and argue that presumably efficient processes or behaviours can in many cases lead to inefficient outcomes. These “rebound effects” can be observed in a broad array of organizational and managerial contexts. Despite their oftentimes unintended and counterintuitive effects, rebound effects and efficiencyism more generally however persist in theory and practice. To explain why this is the case, we develop three enabling conditions of efficiencyism, namely interpretive flexibility, the maximization imperative, and the micro-macro gap. Our framework has theoretical and empirical implications for seeing efficiency in organization and management theory in a new light.
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- Schaefer, Stephan, et al.
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The Transformative Potential of the Craft Imaginary - A Study on Craft Brewing
- 2024
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In: Academy of Management Proceedings. - 2151-6561 .- 0065-0668. ; 2024:1
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Craft has been a steady adversary to the proliferation of industrialization. As an imaginary of embodied work, mainly driven by intrinsic motivation and by a strive for excellence, craft is increasingly re-emerging in discussions on improving current forms of work. A common theme across research on craft is its potential to address alienation as one of the main pathologies of modern work. We study the potential of craft for de-alienating work through a case study of the Swedish craft beer community. We build our analysis on Hartmut Rosa’s socio-phenomenological concept of resonance, which provides a fine-grained framework for understanding how alienation can be countered through a re-appropriation of the self and the world. We explore how workers in the craft beer industry establish resonance along the axes of process, product, and community. However, we also find that resonant experiences along these axes are inherently precarious, and seemingly evading efforts for institutionalization. On the basis of these findings, we theorize the potential and pitfalls of organizational and social imaginaries to serve as a compass for transforming organizations and society.
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