TY - JOUR

T1 - Management and organization in the work of Michel houellebecq unplugged - voices

AU - Cnossen, Boukje

AU - Dekker, Erwin

AU - Taskin, Laurent

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - Research in management and organization may only gain by beinginspired from arts, culture and humanities in order to rethink practices butalso to nourish its own perspectives. Life in organizations is artificiallyseparate from ordinary life: all of mundane objects are thus conducive toastonishment, inspiration, and even problematization. The unpluggedsubsection “voices” gives the opportunity to academics and non-academicsto deliver an interpretation about an object from the cultural or artisticworld. Interpreted objects are or not directly related to organizational life,resonate or not with the moment, but share some intriguing features.These interpretations suggest a patchwork of variations on the sameobject.

AB - Research in management and organization may only gain by beinginspired from arts, culture and humanities in order to rethink practices butalso to nourish its own perspectives. Life in organizations is artificiallyseparate from ordinary life: all of mundane objects are thus conducive toastonishment, inspiration, and even problematization. The unpluggedsubsection “voices” gives the opportunity to academics and non-academicsto deliver an interpretation about an object from the cultural or artisticworld. Interpreted objects are or not directly related to organizational life,resonate or not with the moment, but share some intriguing features.These interpretations suggest a patchwork of variations on the sameobject.

KW - Sociology

KW - Cultural studies

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85030628468&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3917/mana.203.0300

DO - 10.3917/mana.203.0300

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 20

SP - 300

EP - 303

JO - M@n@gement

JF - M@n@gement

SN - 1286-4892

IS - 3

ER -