Abstract The work of Zygmunt Bauman, insofar as it addressed the organizational world, saw
it initially as a total institution, one in which the organization, as a specific entity defined by …

The main body of work of Zygmunt Bauman concerns his home discipline of sociology, but
his insights have been influential also in the field of organization studies. In this text, we …

In an unpublished manuscript that Zygmunt Bauman wrote around the year 2008, Bauman's
overall theory of liquid modernity is sketched in relation to recent types of organization. He …

The world of organizations is changing in ever more liquid ways: new media generate
business innovations, collaborative idea creations, new forms of participation, exploitation …

Management has been one of the driving forces of the last century, indeed an idea and a
language that colonized most other institutions, areas of human activity and walks of life …

We are now witnessing the first generation born into liquid modernity–the millennials–for
whom being primarily called on by society as consumers and experiencing the deepened …

Essentially, I see two main stories emanating from my reading of Bauman's work. First, there
is the philosophical exploration of morality and more specifically what moral responsibility is …

The partnership between organization and morality is hardly a paragon of peaceful, friendly,
enjoyable and altogether mutually beneficial cohabitation. And yet, paradoxically, if not for …

This paper explores possibilities for refreshing thinking about leadership from perspectives
of liquid modernity suggested by Bauman (2000), who identified several dimensions of …

This chapter introduces liquid modernity, Zygmunt Bauman's account of postmodern society
to argue for the ways in which his work may enrich the response to the theory of postmodern …