Bringing one’s self to work and back again: The role of surprises in alternative entrepreneurship
2018 (engelsk)Inngår i: European Group of Organization Studies, 2018Konferansepaper, Publicerat paper (Fagfellevurdert)
Abstract [en]
With the increasing realization that boundaries are constructed in relation to certain “differences” that make up an organizational “inside” in relation to its “outside”, organizational scholars have intensified their studies of how identities are hosted and managed within organizations. Less known, however, is the wish of organizations to disrupt and destabilize their members’ subjectification to the organization by inviting them to with personally challenging experiences and curated surprises. To explore this type of intentional disruptions, we study a technology company that engages in a number of social issues only loosely connected to their main product, a digital presentation tool. We especially focus on one intervention: a yearly project in which the company’s employees renovate buildings in a community where most are Roma with low socio-economic status.
sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
2018.
Emneord [en]
Alternative Entrepreneurship, employee, organization, subjectivity, surprises
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot industriell teknik; Sociologi
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-390563OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-390563DiVA, id: diva2:1342015
Konferanse
EGOS: Surprise in and around Organizations: Journeys to the Unexpected, July 5–7, 2018 Tallinn, Estonia
Forskningsfinansiär
Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelse, E19/142019-08-122019-08-122019-08-12bibliografisk kontrollert