Inspired by the insights of Franz Kafka, this article explores the problem of 'distance'in a UK
bank, particularly by focusing on one of its back-office processing centres. Distance refers to …

The 'dark side'of organizations has been represented in the literature as dysfunctional or
abnormal, while more critical scholars regard it a condition of the 'normal'way in which …

In Franz Kafka's late and incomplete text Der Bau (translated as The burrow; Kafka, 1971), a
mole-like creature is haunted by fears that its intricate, labyrinthine burrow is about to be–or …

This paper presents a close encounter between the literary works of Franz Kafka and a core
topic in organizational theories of power, namely the participation of subjects in their own …

Franz Kafka merits special consideration among the writers of the 20th century for his
portrayal of organizational life and the ambivalent character of the social institutions that …

In this article, we hope to show why examining the work of the writer, Franz Kafka (1883—
1924), may enhance our understanding of organizations. In doing so, his life and …

Kafka's letters and notebooks reveal a surprising link between his Schriftstellersein 'literary
being'and what he regarded as his fundamentally bureaucratic nature. Katka used the term …

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 …

Replications of the path analysis recently reported by Mileti et al. using data from a sample
of department stores and a heterogeneous sample of organizations fail to support the …

Informed by Jung's analytical psychology, this chapter discusses Kafka's short-story The
metamorphosis in relation to moral reflection on organisational life. Adopting the view that …