TY - CHAP

T1 - It’s All Method

T2 - Schmitz and Neo- Phenomenology

AU - Jørgensen, Lydia

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Oxford University Press 2023. All rights reserved.

PY - 2023/1/26

Y1 - 2023/1/26

N2 - The chapter introduces Hermann Schmitz’s neo-phenomenology to explore what phenomenology can offer to organization studies. Taking a methodological perspective, the chapter reflects phenomenology as also always about method due to the inherent ontological link, as noted by Heidegger. What we can know is intrinsically linked with how we know. The neo-phenomenological perspective contributes to acknowledging everyday phenomena, like atmospheres, which have become of increased interest in organization studies. Schmitz’s neo-phenomenology seeks to reclaim everyday experience as a valuable source of knowledge forming as an embodied attunement. Within his neo-phenomenological thinking Schmitz calls for phenomenological revision as method—building on exploration and continuous questioning. Further, by understanding phenomena as always seen in relation to something, Schmitz proposes poetic explication to account for fluid phenomena. As such the ontological condition of method is being addressed. Accordingly researching fluid (organizational) phenomena, like atmosphere, offers a way to rethink research accounts in performative ways moving beyond representation. The chapter seeks to illustrate and reflect upon how the neo-phenomenological approach can provide alternative ways to engage with relational phenomena in organization studies through the example of organizational atmospheres.

AB - The chapter introduces Hermann Schmitz’s neo-phenomenology to explore what phenomenology can offer to organization studies. Taking a methodological perspective, the chapter reflects phenomenology as also always about method due to the inherent ontological link, as noted by Heidegger. What we can know is intrinsically linked with how we know. The neo-phenomenological perspective contributes to acknowledging everyday phenomena, like atmospheres, which have become of increased interest in organization studies. Schmitz’s neo-phenomenology seeks to reclaim everyday experience as a valuable source of knowledge forming as an embodied attunement. Within his neo-phenomenological thinking Schmitz calls for phenomenological revision as method—building on exploration and continuous questioning. Further, by understanding phenomena as always seen in relation to something, Schmitz proposes poetic explication to account for fluid phenomena. As such the ontological condition of method is being addressed. Accordingly researching fluid (organizational) phenomena, like atmosphere, offers a way to rethink research accounts in performative ways moving beyond representation. The chapter seeks to illustrate and reflect upon how the neo-phenomenological approach can provide alternative ways to engage with relational phenomena in organization studies through the example of organizational atmospheres.

KW - Hermann Schmitz

KW - method

KW - neo-phenomenology

KW - organizational atmosphere

KW - poetic explication

KW - Management studies

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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192865755.013.32

DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192865755.013.32

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85153632299

SN - 9780192865755

SP - 602

EP - 621

BT - The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenologies and Organization Studies

A2 - de Vaujany, François-Xavier

A2 - Aroles, Jeremy

A2 - Pérezts, Mar

PB - Oxford University Press

CY - Oxford

ER -