The Theatricality of Organizational Atmosphere
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The Theatricality of Organizational Atmosphere. / Jørgensen, Lydia.
In: Ambiances, No. 6/2020, 3532, 24.12.2020.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Theatricality of Organizational Atmosphere
AU - Jørgensen, Lydia
PY - 2020/12/24
Y1 - 2020/12/24
N2 - In recent years, it has been argued that the public sector should stage citizen experiences to put the human before the system. The paper explores how a public organization stages such citizen experience in practice. In order to do that, the paper builds on Gernot Böhme’s understanding of atmosphere as a scenographic practice, reflecting how aesthetic practices have become pivotal in an ongoing aesthetization process in society as an enhanced focus on experiental value. The paper engages with contemporary theatre to critically elaborate the theatricality of staging organizational atmospheres as both a social and political concern. While the paper studies how the staging of atmospheres can be theoretically understood and empirically investigated, the paper argues that the staging of organizational atmosphere contributes to thinking organization as an aesthetic phenomenon.
AB - In recent years, it has been argued that the public sector should stage citizen experiences to put the human before the system. The paper explores how a public organization stages such citizen experience in practice. In order to do that, the paper builds on Gernot Böhme’s understanding of atmosphere as a scenographic practice, reflecting how aesthetic practices have become pivotal in an ongoing aesthetization process in society as an enhanced focus on experiental value. The paper engages with contemporary theatre to critically elaborate the theatricality of staging organizational atmospheres as both a social and political concern. While the paper studies how the staging of atmospheres can be theoretically understood and empirically investigated, the paper argues that the staging of organizational atmosphere contributes to thinking organization as an aesthetic phenomenon.
KW - Sociology
KW - organizational atmosphere
KW - scenography
KW - public organization
KW - aesthetics
KW - experiential value
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/676e8439-a230-3252-bb97-edd6915653bb/
U2 - 10.4000/ambiances.3532
DO - 10.4000/ambiances.3532
M3 - Journal articles
JO - Ambiances
JF - Ambiances
SN - 2266-839X
IS - 6/2020
M1 - 3532
ER -