TY - JOUR

T1 - Organizing Half-Things: Knowing, Theorizing and Studying Atmospheres

AU - Jorgensen, Lydia

AU - Beyes, Timon

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.

PY - 2023/12

Y1 - 2023/12

N2 - Prompted by the recent prominence of the notion of atmosphere in the study of organization, in this paper we take a step back to discuss and reflect the underpinnings of atmospheric theory and their implications for knowing, theorizing and studying organizational atmospheres. To do so, we sketch a genealogy of the atmospheric. Drawing upon the wider remit of atmospheric thought in social and cultural theory, we then discuss the onto-epistemological, methodological and political implications of organizational atmospherics, suggesting a vocabulary and sensibility for future atmospheric inquiries.

AB - Prompted by the recent prominence of the notion of atmosphere in the study of organization, in this paper we take a step back to discuss and reflect the underpinnings of atmospheric theory and their implications for knowing, theorizing and studying organizational atmospheres. To do so, we sketch a genealogy of the atmospheric. Drawing upon the wider remit of atmospheric thought in social and cultural theory, we then discuss the onto-epistemological, methodological and political implications of organizational atmospherics, suggesting a vocabulary and sensibility for future atmospheric inquiries.

KW - Culture and Space

KW - aesthetics

KW - Affect

KW - Atmosphere

KW - attunement

KW - half-thing

KW - onto-epistemology

KW - Organization

KW - Space

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U2 - 10.1177/26317877231217309

DO - 10.1177/26317877231217309

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 4

SP - 1

EP - 16

JO - Organization Theory

JF - Organization Theory

SN - 2631-7877

IS - 4

ER -