All Outputs (67)

Betrayal and friendship (2009)
Journal Article

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between friendship and betrayal. Both are perceived to involve dynamics that can have a major impact in organizations, but both have tended to be under researched.

Aesthetics, performativity and resistance in the narratives of a computer programming community (2006)
Journal Article

This article reports on an empirical study of a computer programmer community, focusing on online exchanges in which participants discuss the aesthetics of coding. Naturalistic data were collected during a 12-month period of non-participant observati... Read More about Aesthetics, performativity and resistance in the narratives of a computer programming community.

Astrology, alchemy and retro-organization theory: An astro-genealogical critique of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (2004)
Journal Article

The influence of astrology and alchemy on organizational conduct has not hitherto attracted much serious social scientific attention. Retro-organizational theory licenses paying closer attention to topics that are systematically occluded by modern kn... Read More about Astrology, alchemy and retro-organization theory: An astro-genealogical critique of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®.

Watch Your Back Reflections on Trust and Mistrust in Management Education (2002)
Journal Article

This article attempts a critical reappraisal of the part played by 'trust' in management education. Our main contention is that trust is being perceptibly eroded by a range of factors that find their genesis in a wider set of social relations within... Read More about Watch Your Back Reflections on Trust and Mistrust in Management Education.

Risk management and the magical arts: Rituals of risk calculation in the banking industry
Book Chapter

Origins of Organizing
Book

Despite of the accumulating body of research on the birth of organizations and organizing, there have been astonishingly few contributions that challenge the established consensus of the social and philosophical programs marking the origin of organiz... Read More about Origins of Organizing.

Wisdom at work: Philosophical Practices for Leading and Organizing
Book