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Through an examination of management textbooks, beginning in 1950 and continuing to 2012, the authors chart the socio-political and historical context upon which the management texts were written and tease out the ways that women have... more
Through an examination of management textbooks, beginning in
1950 and continuing to 2012, the authors chart the socio-political
and historical context upon which the management texts were
written and tease out the ways that women have been socially
constructed as a problem to be managed. The study explores how
the problem with women arose and how it has been maintained in
organizational settings. The study undertakes a feminist interrogation
to understand the systematic ways that roles and identities for
women have been structured to both describe women negatively,
limit and exclude them, and why such structures are durable.
Additionally, the article asserts that the subtle shift from women
as problem (collective), to a woman manager (as individual, as
exceptional) and women as either the same or different from men,
serves to blind us to the possibility of female governance.
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This article offers an account of the complexity of the ‘subject of the past’ Simone de Beauvoir, a thinker that struggles to spark the interest of organizational scholars. Our argument is that the neglect of de Beauvoir’s by... more
This article offers an account of the complexity of the ‘subject of the past’ Simone de Beauvoir, a thinker that struggles to spark the interest
of organizational scholars. Our argument is that the neglect of de
Beauvoir’s by Organization Studies pertains to the manners in which
modernist and postmodernist approaches to history account for and
‘make’ the past of those who are not anymore. The paper is divided
into four parts. In the first part, we present an overview of ANTi-
History, the amodern approach to history that informs our analysis.
We then use the ANTi-Historical concepts of ‘symmetry’, ‘relationalism’,
and ‘multiplicity to surface different historical constructions of
de Beauvoir’, with the objective to trace how these accounts have
emerged, how they have assumed specific configurations, and how
these configurations have changed over time enacting different social
and political tactics. In the third part, we illustrate how these historical
performances of de Beauvoir’s have affected her reception by the
field of Organizational Studies. In the fourth part, we explain what we
believe our field can learn from a multiple and relational approach to
the construction of accounts of subjects of the past and flesh out the
potential of de Beauvoir’s contribution.
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The establishment of Management & Organizational History (MOH) emerged out of earlier calls for a ‘historic turn’ in Management and Organization Studies (MOS) and a (somewhat mooted) critique of existing approaches to the study of history... more
The establishment of Management & Organizational History (MOH) emerged out of earlier calls for a ‘historic turn’ in Management and Organization Studies (MOS) and a (somewhat mooted) critique of existing approaches to the study of history in the field. While MOS was seen as universalist, presentist, and scientistic, attempts at historical analysis were seen by some, in the words of Alfred Kieser, as generally “myopic fact collecting without a method.” The inaugural editorial of Management & Organizational History went on to call for greater exploration of the different methodological (and philosophical) approaches to the study of history. Central to the first issue of MOH was a renewed call for a ‘historic turn.’ Ten years later, there is some question if the ‘historic turn’ has been fully realized or even adequately conceptualized. Nonetheless, a growing consensus around the need for a historical turn has arguably served to paper over some potentially significant differences and debates. In this special issue, we revisit the idea and progress of the notion of the historic turn in MOS through the eight contributing articles. We frame our discussion of the papers through a focus on the notion of the historic turn itself, the issue of critically rethinking MOS from an historical perspective, new turns and developments, MOH and contemporary thinking about the past and history, the performance of history, polyphonic constitutive historicism, fusions of methods and theoretical framing, and tales from the field.

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Historic turn, historiographic perspective, performance, polyphonic constitute historicism, ANTi-History, rhetorical history
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This article develops an ethnographic account of the development and history of the British Airways Heritage Centre (BAHC). Responding to several observations throughout the literature, we report on our experiences of engagement with... more
This article develops an ethnographic account of the development
and history of the British Airways Heritage Centre (BAHC). Responding
to several observations throughout the literature, we report on our
experiences of engagement with British Airways’ archives over a 25-
year period. In doing so our focus is on the much-neglected history
of archives as powerful influences on how corporate histories are
written. The ethnographic account is rooted in ANTi-History, an
approach to historiography, that focuses on the production of
history as knowledge of the past by following a number of human
(e.g. archive volunteers) and non-human (e.g. airline artefacts) actors
to reassemble the elements that constitute an archive at a point in
time. To that end, we trace the inter-relationships between histories
of British Airways and the development of the BAHC. We conclude
that a focus on the various human and non-human relationships that
constitute an archive can help the researcher to identify the hidden
influences on the production of history that can otherwise serve to
enrol him or her.
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This empirical study advances the literature on teaching and learning in management by critically analyzing a pervasive and well-established educational practice, the US internship, and the discursive outcomes for those affiliated with... more
This empirical study advances the literature on teaching and learning in management by critically analyzing a pervasive and well-established educational practice, the US internship, and the discursive outcomes for those affiliated with the practice, most notably the intern. We accomplish this by employing critical discourse analysis on a collection of New York Times articles. In the first stage of our analysis we focus on how interns are characterized by the New York Times, which led to the identification of three subject positions: (1) The Intern as Cheap Labor, (2) The Intern as a Non-Employee and (3) The Overworked Intern. In the next stage, we expose the discourses and/or discursive strategies that are being employed to construct these subject positions. In the final stage, we discuss the implications of these subject positions as they apply to questions of power. Specifically, we show how the discourses surrounding the internship and the resulting subject positions serve to privilege the organization and/or manager while marginalizing and disempowering the intern. We conclude with a discussion of new avenues for change, suggesting that educators be more engaged in reshaping the internship discourse by disseminating counter-discourses that disrupt the discursive and otherwise problematic nature of the internship.
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This third collection of outstanding contributions from the Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) continues to challenge business practice in ways not tackled by other more typical business case... more
This third collection of outstanding contributions from the Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) continues to challenge business practice in ways not tackled by other more typical business case studies. There is a critical need for business educators to expose students and managers to the multifaceted phenomena of doing business in the twenty-first century; to support critical, reflective moral development; and to reflect and understand the complexities of organizational life. Is the system broken? Is there need for more systemic change? The cases explore a number of critical issues at some of the largest industries and companies in the world, including wealth creation and human rights in mining, the CSR approaches at Coca-Cola, the palm oil industry, and the supply chain at Apple Inc. Online Teaching Notes to accompany each chapter are available on request with the purchase of the book.
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This book documents and explains the gendering of three airlines - British Airways, Air Canada, and Pan American Airways - over time. Gender is explored through the analysis of organizational symbolism, workplace practices and... more
This book documents and explains the gendering of three airlines - British Airways, Air Canada, and Pan American Airways - over time. Gender is explored through the analysis of organizational symbolism, workplace practices and organizational structuring. The book is based on extensive archival research of the three airlines since their (claimed) respective founding in 1919, 1937 and 1927.
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The establishment of Management & Organizational History (MOH) emerged out of earlier calls for a ‘historic turn’ in Management and Organization Studies (MOS) and a (somewhat mooted) critique of existing approaches to the study of history... more
The establishment of Management & Organizational History (MOH) emerged out of earlier calls for a ‘historic turn’ in Management and Organization Studies (MOS) and a (somewhat mooted) critique of existing approaches to the study of history in the field. While MOS was seen as universalist, presentist, and scientistic, attempts at historical analysis were seen by some, in the words of Alfred Kieser, as generally “myopic fact collecting without a method.” The inaugural editorial of Management & Organizational History went on to call for greater exploration of the different methodological (and philosophical) approaches to the study of history. Central to the first issue of MOH was a renewed call for a ‘historic turn.’ Ten years later, there is some question if the ‘historic turn’ has been fully realized or even adequately conceptualized. Nonetheless, a growing consensus around the need for a historical turn has arguably served to paper over some potentially significant differences and debates. In this special issue, we revisit the idea and progress of the notion of the historic turn in MOS through the eight contributing articles. We frame our discussion of the papers through a focus on the notion of the historic turn itself, the issue of critically rethinking MOS from an historical perspective, new turns and developments, MOH and contemporary thinking about the past and history, the performance of history, polyphonic constitutive historicism, fusions of methods and theoretical framing, and tales from the field.
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Historic turn, historiographic perspective, performance, polyphonic constitute historicism, ANTi-History, rhetorical history
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In this chapter we argue that it is important to study the role of history in current practices of gender differences. In particular we are interested in understanding how discriminatory practices develop, are maintained and change over... more
In this chapter we argue that it is important to study the role of history in current practices of gender differences. In particular we are interested in understanding how discriminatory practices develop, are maintained and change over time, and how these processes influence current relationships. We begin with a brief outline of the importance of studying past events and their role in shaping discriminatory ideas and practices. We then focus on the problematic role of studying history by examining three competing philosophical approaches, namely, modernism (single, factual accounts), postmodernism (relativist, discursive and plural accounts) and amodernism (relational multiple accounts), and their implications for research strategies. We draw on examples from commercial aviation to provide understanding of how each of these research strategies can be applied and their contrasting strengths and weaknesses. In the process, the key concepts we discuss are feminist theory, archival research, junctures, history, the past and ANTi-History.

Keywords: feminist theory, archival research, junctures, history, the past, ANTi-History.
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Frances Perkins was the first female cabinet minister and one of the longest serving ministers, under US President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, between1933-1945. Despite an impressive record associated with the New Deal, which ushered in... more
Frances Perkins was the first female cabinet minister and one of the longest serving ministers, under US President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, between1933-1945. Despite an impressive record associated with the New Deal, which ushered in significant social reforms and labour policy, she is largely overlooked in management and organizational studies and by management and organisational history. Using a feminist poststructuralism lens, coupled with critical discourse analysis, the authors investigate prominent narratives about Perkins to explore and account for why she is not a more well-known and celebrated historical figure. It is argued that the way Perkins has been written about and socially constructed as a female leader has contributed to her becoming a ghost figure in MOS - not so much as hidden from history as hidden by history. The paper proceeds by examining selected discourses that were generated around the idea of Frances Perkins and which reveal her own silence and reticence in the process. In particular, authors examine how the image of Perkins was shaped through the way she was referred to in public office (and in the private sphere), and commentary on her marital status, dress, age, ethnicity and even her nationality. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for female leaders and the discursively gendered nature of leadership itself.
Keywords: Frances Perkins, the New Deal, discourse, subject position, identity, feminism, poststructuralism, critical discourse analysis
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The current Fall (2017) issue of the Workplace Review could whimsically be called an issue about making sense of ice cream and sexual discrimination. Neither is particularly funny, but the reference to sensemaking refers to methods of... more
The current Fall (2017) issue of the Workplace Review could whimsically be called an issue about making sense of ice cream and sexual discrimination. Neither is particularly funny, but the reference to sensemaking refers to methods of addressing small business concerns and workplace discrimination against women. In the first instance " making sense " refers to the case study method and its value for encouraging scholars and practitioners alike to draw on experience and the logic of the case for identifying problems and opportunities, as readers will see in the case of the Lickety Split Ice Cream Shop. In the latter instance, " making sense " refers to the method of focusing on the micro aspects of behaviour as people come to develop a sense or " understanding " of their experiences and how to deal with them. Our issue this fall includes two articles using sensemaking, and two articles tackling the issues of sexual discrimination and sexual harassment. Making Sense of Corporate Strategy In the first of our two sensemaking articles, Carmel Teasdale and Amy Thurlow (MSVU) examine how NB Power " makes sense of changes it its role as an electricity provider in a rapidly changing environment. " To that end, they undertake a textual analysis of NB Power's Reduce and Shift Demand document designed to explain to various stakeholders their shift in market product. Teasdale & Thurlow undertake their analysis of the document using " Weick's (1979) psycho-social properties of sensemaking " to broaden our understanding of how corporate management is influenced by micro processes, and in turn, devise ways of making sense of change for the customers of NB power. In the process, Carmel and Amy take us through the various sensemaking processes that corporate managers face and draw on in the development of changing strategic directions. Making Sense of the Experience of Teaching Business In our second sensemaking paper, Nicholous Deal (SMU) reflects on his experience as a teaching assistant. Like the previous article, Nick draws on Weick's notion of sensemaking. Given the focus on his own experiences, he also draws on the method of autoethnography to reflect on his teaching practice, and what sensemaking can bring to management teaching. Nick's exploration of, and reflection on, his experiences through various sensemaking properties encourages us to undertake further research on the links between teaching and sensemaking. (SMU) examine human resource interventions for dealing with sexual harassment. The article is timely as accusations of widespread sexual harassment in Hollywood are hitting the headlines as we go to press. In particular, they review intervention strategies including an " organizational climate intolerant of sexual harassment, proactive policy measure, sexual harassment training, and bystander intervention. " They assess each intervention in turn for its effectiveness, and conclude that in terms of strategies for dealing with sexual harassment, " there is limited evidence as to what works. " They conclude with an appeal to practitioners to " use these findings to become aware of what is currently being done in organizations in response to sexual harassment and what considerations need to be made when implementing strategies. "
Abstract As has been argued elsewhere, Weick's (1995) notion of organizational sensemaking, with its focus on social-psychological properties, offers the potential for new theorizing on agency where it is linked to critical theories of... more
Abstract As has been argued elsewhere, Weick's (1995) notion of organizational sensemaking, with its focus on social-psychological properties, offers the potential for new theorizing on agency where it is linked to critical theories of structure and formative context (Helms Mills & Mills, 2000; Helms-Mills, 2003).
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The author provides a personal account of the gendered nature of organizational analysis in the UK in the late 1970s.
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PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the discursive ways in which racialization affects the integration process of immigrants in present-day Canada. By drawing on a historical analysis, this paper shows how race continues to be impacted... more
PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the discursive ways in which racialization affects the integration process of immigrants in present-day Canada. By drawing on a historical analysis, this paper shows how race continues to be impacted by colonial principles implemented throughout the colonization process and during the formation stages of Canada as a nation. This paper contributes to management and organizational studies by shedding light on the taken-for-granted nature of discursive practices in organizations through problematizing contemporary societal and political engagements with “race”.Design/methodology/approachThis paper draws on critical diversity studies as theoretical framework to problematize a one-dimensional approach to race and diversity. Further, it applies the Foucauldian historical method (Foucault, 1981) to trace the construction of “race” over time and to show its impact on present-day discursive practices.FindingsThrough a discursive review of Canada’s past, ...
In this chapter, the authors argue that Zen koan pedagogy, a traditional Zen Buddhist teaching practice originating in the East, provides a holistic, spiritual approach to management education. The authors briefly introduce the historical... more
In this chapter, the authors argue that Zen koan pedagogy, a traditional Zen Buddhist teaching practice originating in the East, provides a holistic, spiritual approach to management education. The authors briefly introduce the historical origin of Zen koan pedagogy. Then they identify four features of Zen koan pedagogy: 1) a holistic and spiritual approach, 2) verbal and nonverbal methods, 3) a living tradition, and 4) spontaneity and creativity. These features are illustrated by a textual analysis of a classical Chinese koan followed by a video analysis of a contemporary Western dharma talk. At last, the authors discuss how they explore Zen koan pedagogy in management education during the Covid-19 pandemic, gaining insights for spiritual teaching practice that is healing and empowering in unprecedented times.
In this chapter, the authors argue that Zen koan pedagogy, a traditional Zen Buddhist teaching practice originating in the East, provides a holistic, spiritual approach to management education. The authors briefly introduce the historical... more
In this chapter, the authors argue that Zen koan pedagogy, a traditional Zen Buddhist teaching practice originating in the East, provides a holistic, spiritual approach to management education. The authors briefly introduce the historical origin of Zen koan pedagogy. Then they identify four features of Zen koan pedagogy: 1) a holistic and spiritual approach, 2) verbal and nonverbal methods, 3) a living tradition, and 4) spontaneity and creativity. These features are illustrated by a textual analysis of a classical Chinese koan followed by a video analysis of a contemporary Western dharma talk. At last, the authors discuss how they explore Zen koan pedagogy in management education during the Covid-19 pandemic, gaining insights for spiritual teaching practice that is healing and empowering in unprecedented times.
Society as artifact, meaning society as a thing that is made and imagined, is a central aspect of Roberto Unger's constructive social theory. This article develops Unger's social theory, specifically his notions... more
Society as artifact, meaning society as a thing that is made and imagined, is a central aspect of Roberto Unger's constructive social theory. This article develops Unger's social theory, specifically his notions of organizational hierarchy, discourse, and organizational change, and applies it to an understanding of gender relations at work. Constructive social theory is defined with a focus on the instrumental concept of formative context. A critical perspective of Unger's constructive social theory is also presented to illustrate its strengths, challenges ...
The literature on women in management focuses on identifying the barriers that women face in getting to the top and the strategies needed to overcome those visible and invisible barriers (Morrison, White, Van Velsor, & Leadership, 1992;... more
The literature on women in management focuses on identifying the barriers that women face in getting to the top and the strategies needed to overcome those visible and invisible barriers (Morrison, White, Van Velsor, & Leadership, 1992; O'Neil, Hopkins, & Bilimoria, 2008; Powell, 1988). While the glass ceiling literature has been useful in identifying the various structural barriers to women’s advancement, we argue here for a feminist approach that goes beyond the apparent concrete and essentialist barriers to women’s advancement to include poststructuralist feminist theorizing, in which the emphasis is on ‘the cultural production of [female and male managers’] subjectivities and the material production of their social lives’ (Marta B. Calás, Smircich, & Bourne, 2009: 555). In this paper, we draw on feminist poststructuralist analysis of interviews with nineteen top female managers in Mexico to understand the way that change strategies are shaped through equity discourses. We re...
In light of globalization the notion of hybrid gender orders brings a variety of cultural templates for women and men. These templates offer gendered images for both public and private realms. In particular, we studied 19 top women... more
In light of globalization the notion of hybrid gender orders brings a variety of cultural templates for women and men. These templates offer gendered images for both public and private realms. In particular, we studied 19 top women managers in Mexico who are facing local and global discourses due to the process of globalized capitalism. In turn, these discourses offer subjective positions for identity construction of these managers. We draw on theories of intersectionality and micro-resistance using a feminist poststructuralist framework as a lens to see how these women construct the hybrid order through language and navigate between the motherhood and ideal manager templates. They adopted, adapted and rejected some of these positions when engaged in identity work by attending to both the contextual and relational aspects of this process.
Michael Pagano is a contributing author "Healthcare Practice Guidelines and Case Studies". Book description: The Encyclopedia of Case Study Research provides a compendium on the important methodological issues in conducting case... more
Michael Pagano is a contributing author "Healthcare Practice Guidelines and Case Studies". Book description: The Encyclopedia of Case Study Research provides a compendium on the important methodological issues in conducting case study research and explores both the strengths and weaknesses of different paradigmatic approaches. These two volumes focus on the distinctive characteristics of case study research and its place within and alongside other research methodologies.
Abstract This paper attempts to address the recent call for an historic turn in management and organization studies: that of how to do history and represent the past of the field. To this end, we begin by stressing the need to theorize... more
Abstract This paper attempts to address the recent call for an historic turn in management and organization studies: that of how to do history and represent the past of the field. To this end, we begin by stressing the need to theorize the past. We develop and describe a concept that we term relationalism, which draws on the sociology of knowledge (SoK) as well as select facets of an approach that has been developed through an engagement with the SoK, that of actor-network theory. The paper offers a theoretical discussion of ...
the right direction. It has addressed the issues of the working class, connected with a new audience through educational outreach, and demonstrated that archaeology can contribute to a better understanding of the American experience.... more
the right direction. It has addressed the issues of the working class, connected with a new audience through educational outreach, and demonstrated that archaeology can contribute to a better understanding of the American experience. Whether or not you agree with Saitta’s final assessment, the Colorado Coalfield War Project certainly is a worthwhile undertaking, and he does his best to present the information in a logical and compelling format.
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand how Drucker's work has been disseminated through the North American management textbook since 1940, and what this tells people about the wider issue of the social construction and... more
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand how Drucker's work has been disseminated through the North American management textbook since 1940, and what this tells people about the wider issue of the social construction and dissemination of management knowledge.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a critical hermeneutic analysis of the presence and use of Drucker in over 500 management textbooks and the socio‐political context in which both Drucker's work and North American textbooks were written.FindingsParadoxically, while Drucker's work was found to be the most‐referenced of any management writer in the textbooks studied, his theories – apart from discussions of “Management by objectives” and the “Knowledge economy” – were rarely discussed. It is argued that the referencing of Drucker served more to legitimize selected points made by textbook authors than to discuss and build on Drucker's work. Explanation of the paradox is explored through the socio‐poli...
Purpose – The aim of this paper is threefold. First, to argue for a more historically engaged understanding of the development of management and organization studies (MOS). Second, to reveal the paradoxical character of the recent... more
Purpose – The aim of this paper is threefold. First, to argue for a more historically engaged understanding of the development of management and organization studies (MOS). Second, to reveal the paradoxical character of the recent “historical turn,” through exploration of how it both questions and reinforces extant notions of the field. Third, to explore the neglect of the New Deal in MOS to illustrate not only the problem of historical engagement, but also to encourage a rethink of the paradigmatic limitations of the field and its history. Design/methodology/approach – Adopting the theory of ANTi-history, the paper conducts an analysis of historical management textbooks and formative management journals to explore how and why the New Deal has been neglected in management theory. Findings – Focussing on the New Deal raises a number of questions about the relationship between history and MOS, in particular, the definition of the field itself. Questions include the ontological charact...
Abstract This article aims at developing strategies for teaching gender as a central element in the business curriculum. The author explores various social, ethical, pedagogical, and performance reasons for studying gender at work, and he... more
Abstract This article aims at developing strategies for teaching gender as a central element in the business curriculum. The author explores various social, ethical, pedagogical, and performance reasons for studying gender at work, and he offers some strategies for inserting gender into the everyday business curriculum. The article also furnishes readers with a list of useful educational sources.
Abstract Critical management studies (CMS) has emerged as an influential paradigm for organization and management researchers in the last three decades. While various strands of CMS have been adopted to conceptualize or empirically... more
Abstract Critical management studies (CMS) has emerged as an influential paradigm for organization and management researchers in the last three decades. While various strands of CMS have been adopted to conceptualize or empirically investigate a myriad of organizational phenomena, researchers in the field have yet to substantively apply this paradigm to the study of business ethics. This is unfortunate inasmuch as CMS potentially offers important analytical tools from which to address a range of germane issues ...
Society as artifact, meaning society as a thing that is made and imagined, is a central aspect of Roberto Unger's constructive social theory. This article develops Unger's social theory, specifically his notions... more
Society as artifact, meaning society as a thing that is made and imagined, is a central aspect of Roberto Unger's constructive social theory. This article develops Unger's social theory, specifically his notions of organizational hierarchy, discourse, and organizational change, and applies it to an understanding of gender relations at work. Constructive social theory is defined with a focus on the instrumental concept of formative context. A critical perspective of Unger's constructive social theory is also presented to illustrate its strengths, challenges ...
Ce document presente et contextualise la collection d'articles du numero special sur les crises organisationnelles. En contradiction avec les notions ayant cours sur les crises organisationnelles comme changement qui... more
Ce document presente et contextualise la collection d'articles du numero special sur les crises organisationnelles. En contradiction avec les notions ayant cours sur les crises organisationnelles comme changement qui menace l'existence, la croissance ou le rendement d'une organisation, le terme est ici defini comme l'existence generale des processus organisationnels qui reproduisent de facon routinihe les pratiques ethnocentriques, a caract&-e sexuel, et antihumaines recreant continuellement des ...
Abstract The past 10 years have witnessed a rapid expansion in the number of Canadian business schools seeking accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). Despite initial resistance... more
Abstract The past 10 years have witnessed a rapid expansion in the number of Canadian business schools seeking accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). Despite initial resistance in the early 1990s, the heavy financial and human resource costs involved in accreditation and maintenance, and the fact that Canada's publicly-funded universities owe their accreditation and legitimacy to well established governance at university, provincial, and federal levels, many Canadian ...
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“The gendering of organizational research methods”(GORM) is a fascinating read, not so much because of what it has to say but the way it says it. At first glance the paper seems to offer an account of how the adoption and use of research... more
“The gendering of organizational research methods”(GORM) is a fascinating read, not so much because of what it has to say but the way it says it. At first glance the paper seems to offer an account of how the adoption and use of research methods is shaped through gendered processes. This much is clear, not only from the title but also from a series of references to feminist theory, and discussion of the work of noted female organizational analysts. Indeed, if further proof was needed, the authors continually ask questions about ...
This paper reports on the first stage of a major study of the gendering of British Airways. Arguing, that to address sexual discrimination we need to analyze the interactions between social and organizational discourses over time, a study... more
This paper reports on the first stage of a major study of the gendering of British Airways. Arguing, that to address sexual discrimination we need to analyze the interactions between social and organizational discourses over time, a study is made of the founding years (1919-24) of British Airways.
Letter from the editor / by Albert J. Mills -- The lemonade stand: As a symbol of capitalism and entrepreneurship / by Robert W. Sexty -- Capital gains-free business angel investments produce significant increase in equity capital for... more
Letter from the editor / by Albert J. Mills -- The lemonade stand: As a symbol of capitalism and entrepreneurship / by Robert W. Sexty -- Capital gains-free business angel investments produce significant increase in equity capital for entrepreneurs / by Ellen Farrell -- The new economy and Atlantic Canada's brain drain: Can we do something about it? / by Johann Vallerand, Jill Hiscock, and Sylvie Berthelot -- Promoting government outreach to small business financing in Atlantic Canada / by Mengsteab Tesfayohannes -- Nova Scotian female entrepreneurs: Making it work at home and abroad / by Wendy R. Carroll & Conor Vibert -- Perceptions of innovation in the Greater Fredericton Region / by Wojciech Nasierowki
Sexual discrimination at work lies not only in discrimination against women but in the social construction of womanhood (and manhood) itself (Galas and Smircich 1992); not simply in the overt sexist act of the individual but in the... more
Sexual discrimination at work lies not only in discrimination against women but in the social construction of womanhood (and manhood) itself (Galas and Smircich 1992); not simply in the overt sexist act of the individual but in the deep-rooted organizational processes and structures that constitute" systemic discrimination"(Abella 1984). Recognition of this increasingly frames inquiry, leading to research into the relationship between organizational cultures and the social construction of gender (Burrell 1984; Mills 1988; Morgan 1988). ...
One challenge we face as diversity and gender scholars is how to apply intersectionality in organizational studies. We present one possible application of intersectionality to demonstrate that it can be put to work beyond the bounds of... more
One challenge we face as diversity and gender scholars is how to apply intersectionality in organizational studies. We present one possible application of intersectionality to demonstrate that it can be put to work beyond the bounds of theorization alone. To achieve this goal, we focused on the organizational experiences of Ruth Bates Harris, the first woman and the first African American hired to a senior management position at the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S. NASA). We recreated Bates Harris retrospectively, via a plausible story, by applying the critical sensemaking (CSM) framework. We then analyzed this story by applying once again the CSM framework with a focus on: (1) intersecting identity (micro) (re)constructions; (2) the rules surrounding NASA occupational roles, vague professional practices, and financial resources, and the influence of these rules on identity reconstructions; and, (3) two dominant social values in the Cold War-Civil Ri...
This article explores the relationship between Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) and Latin America to understand the role of Western multinational corporations in the historical processes of postcoloniality—that is, the representation... more
This article explores the relationship between Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) and Latin America to understand the role of Western multinational corporations in the historical processes of postcoloniality—that is, the representation of the non-Western “other” to Western audiences. Informed by postcoloniality and the use of a critical hermeneutics method, we draw on 64 years of archived materials from the Pan American World Airways Collection 341, housed at the Otto Richter Library at the University of Miami, as well as numerous histories of the airline. Our findings show how Pan Am gained a powerful position, both politically and economically, which facilitated its ability to construct influential images of Latin American employees, citizens, and the idea of Latin America. Although Pan Am ceased operations in 1991, its years of dominance in South America had the capability to contribute and provide insights into our understanding of the continued postcolonial processes and the i...
Abstract This article develops an ethnographic account of the development and history of the British Airways Heritage Centre (BAHC). Responding to several observations throughout the literature, we report on our experiences of engagement... more
Abstract This article develops an ethnographic account of the development and history of the British Airways Heritage Centre (BAHC). Responding to several observations throughout the literature, we report on our experiences of engagement with British Airways’ archives over a 25-year period. In doing so our focus is on the much-neglected history of archives as powerful influences on how corporate histories are written. The ethnographic account is rooted in ANTi-History, an approach to historiography, that focuses on the production of history as knowledge of the past by following a number of human (e.g. archive volunteers) and non-human (e.g. airline artefacts) actors to reassemble the elements that constitute an archive at a point in time. To that end, we trace the inter-relationships between histories of British Airways and the development of the BAHC. We conclude that a focus on the various human and non-human relationships that constitute an archive can help the researcher to identify the hidden influences on the production of history that can otherwise serve to enrol him or her.
Abstract: The primary purpose of this paper is to illuminate some of the problems of developing a company history. Through analysis of British Airways' histories, an organizational culture focus is used to tease out some... more
Abstract: The primary purpose of this paper is to illuminate some of the problems of developing a company history. Through analysis of British Airways' histories, an organizational culture focus is used to tease out some of the problems of tracing organizational influences over time.
Organizations remember through narratives and storytelling. The articles in this Special Issue explore the interface between organization studies, memory studies, and historiography. They focus on the practices for organizational... more
Organizations remember through narratives and storytelling. The articles in this Special Issue explore the interface between organization studies, memory studies, and historiography. They focus on the practices for organizational remembering. Taken together, the articles explore the similarities and differences between ethnographic and historical methods for studying memory in organizations, which represents a contribution to the historic turn in organization studies.
The article describes what we have come to call ANTi-History, which entails the development of actor-network theory (ANT) as a critical approach to organizational historiography. It proceeds through four sections: 1) a review of the call... more
The article describes what we have come to call ANTi-History, which entails the development of actor-network theory (ANT) as a critical approach to organizational historiography. It proceeds through four sections: 1) a review of the call for critical organizational historiography to establish the need for ANTi-History; 2) an overview of ANT to identify its potential to contribute to critical organizational historiography; 3) a development of ANT insights into an ANTi-History, through engagement with cultural theory historiography, and the sociology of knowledge; and 4) an account of the potential contribution of ANTi-History to critical management studies.
Abstract In this paper we explore the relationship between current gendered practices and past conditions through the lens of actor-network theory (ANT). In particular we are interested in the viability of ANT as a lens for studying the... more
Abstract In this paper we explore the relationship between current gendered practices and past conditions through the lens of actor-network theory (ANT). In particular we are interested in the viability of ANT as a lens for studying the past and in ways that can be reconciled with feminist thought. We argue that although there is some non-resonance between ANT and feminist theorizing, using ANT in a critically historicist way allows some of the barriers between ANT and feminism to be broken down. We synthesize an approach ...
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the idea that the ideal manager is a social construct that is a product of the context within which it exists. The context chosen to illustrate this idea is that of the first two decades of... more
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the idea that the ideal manager is a social construct that is a product of the context within which it exists. The context chosen to illustrate this idea is that of the first two decades of the Cold War (1945‐1965) in the USA.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology used is an analysis of 17 management textbooks published between 1945 and 1965 in the USA.FindingsThe analysis of the textbooks shows a typification of the ideal manager as an educated male who wielded authority effectively and accepted social responsibility. These four characteristics can all be tied to the social and political context of the early Cold War years.Research limitations/implicationsLimited by its focus on management theory in the USA during the early Cold War era, and a selection of textbooks based on available resources. Future research could analyze the ideal manager construct during social and political contexts other than the Cold War, and across other s...
ABSTRACT A college which operates an 'open entry'policy is required, for political as well as educational reasons, to adopt assessment policies which will withstand often hostile scrutiny. Monitoring of student... more
ABSTRACT A college which operates an 'open entry'policy is required, for political as well as educational reasons, to adopt assessment policies which will withstand often hostile scrutiny. Monitoring of student progress on the Dip HE at Bradford and Ilkley College has focussed upon the problems associated with such pressures. This report both compares the performance of formally qualified and unqualified entrants and examines the implications of class, gender and ethnicity for success or failure.

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