Official chronicles of corporate globalization and unofficial stories of international mobility: Resisting patronage of meaning?

Gaggiotti, Hugo

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse contradictions, similarities, and differences between official corporate chronicles and individual stories of international managers of a multinational company. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis was made following methodological and technical approaches of critical analysis of narratives and organizational discourse of an ethnography conducted in a multinational corporation. Findings: It is suggested that contradictions, similarities, and differences are ways that managers have to resist patronage and imposition of meanings. Implications for organizations are suggested. Originality/value: The discursive manipulation of the meaning of time as a way of organizational patronage is considered. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 18, 2010
• Deposit Date: May 9, 2011
• Journal: Journal of Organizational Change Management
• Print ISSN: 0953-4814
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 157-165
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09534811011031337
• Keywords: narratives, storytelling, globalization, multinational companies
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/984948
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09534811011031337
• Contract Date: May 4, 2016