Resistance redux

DK Mumby, R Thomas, I Martí… - Organization Studies, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The last 15 years have witnessed renewed interest in resistance in and around
organizations. In this essay, we offer a conceptual framework to thematize this burgeoning …

In search of social justice-informed services: A research agenda for the study of resistance to neo-managerialism

S Timor-Shlevin, K Hermans… - The British Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
One of the main characteristics of social work is the fundamental tension between the
profession's conservative and critical rationales. In the last three decades, this tension has …

[HTML][HTML] “We want more diversity but…”: Resisting diversity in recreational sports clubs

R Spaaij, A Knoppers, R Jeanes - Sport management review, 2020 - Elsevier
Participation in sport is highly valued by governments and policy makers. Policies and
programs encourage participation of populations who are underrepresented in sport. In …

Completing the adaptive turn: An integrative view of strategy implementation

AK Weiser, P Jarzabkowski… - Academy of Management …, 2020 - journals.aom.org
Based on our review of the past 40 years of strategy implementation research, we find that
the focus of the research area has moved from the pioneering structural control view to a …

Identities in Organization Studies

AD Brown - Organization studies, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Identities scholarship, in particular that focused on self-identities, has burgeoned in recent
years. With dozens of papers on identities in organizations published in this journal by a …

Relational encounters and vital materiality in the practice of craft work

E Bell, SJ Vachhani - Organization Studies, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Practice-based studies of organization have drawn attention to the importance of the body
as a site of knowledge and knowing. However, relational encounters between bodies and …

Change agents or defending the status quo? How senior leaders frame workplace gender equality

N Cortis, M Foley, S Williamson - Gender, Work & Organization, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Senior leaders are usually understood to be ideally positioned to drive the organizational
changes needed to promote workplace gender equality. Yet seniority also influences …

Matter that embodies: Agentive flesh and working bodies/selves

N Harding, S Gilmore, J Ford - Organization studies, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The post-Cartesian 'material turn'in management and organization studies understands that
bodies are far more than vehicles that enable work to be undertaken, but are agentive actors …

Discursive resistance to gender diversity in sport governance: sport as a unique field?

A Knoppers, R Spaaij, I Claringbould - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Although diversity is an often cited organisational value, its support is often muted when it
pertains to boards of governance. The aim of this study is to identify discursive practices that …

Producing solidarity in social media activism: The case of My Stealthy Freedom

M Stewart, U Schultze - Information and organization, 2019 - Elsevier
Solidarity, ie, an individual's feelings of devotion and commitment to others in a collective, is
one of the defining features of social movements. It is regarded as a key motivator of …