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Organizational Misbehaviour
- Stephen Ackroyd - Lancaster University Management School, UK
- Paul Thompson - University of Stirling, UK
Other Titles in:
Critical Management | Human Resource Management | Organizational Behaviour (General)
Critical Management | Human Resource Management | Organizational Behaviour (General)
September 2015 | 192 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
'[A] textbook specifically aimed at organizational misbehaviour. ...it certainly fills a gap... containing a large survey of academic literature on the subject. The book is good: it brings to light subjects which are too often negleced, and it provides an understanding of phenomena which are so common in organizations, but at the same time so vague and incomprehensible' Organization Studies
From `soldiering' and absenteeism to humour in organizations and the emergence politics of sexuality, this book explores the latest forms of organizational subversion and offers fresh insights of the underlying dynamics of management and organizational processes.
The book opens with a critique of orthodox organizational analysis and maps out the wide terrain across which organizational `misbehaviour' occurs. The authors go on to examine the interconnections between identity formation, the pursuit of autonomy and organizational misbehaviour, and explore how clearly the tendency to misbehave is deeply embedded in organizational life.
Introduction
Why Organizational Misbehaviour?
The Recalcitrant Worker
Irresponsible Autonomy
Management and Misbehaviour
Only Joking?
Ruling Passions
The End of Organizational Misbehaviour?
