A5063078724- Management and Organizational Studies
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Emotional Labor in Professions
- Economic Theory and Institutions
- State Capitalism and Financial Governance
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
- Crafts, Textile, and Design
- Management Theory and Practice
- Risk Management in Financial Firms
- Foucault, Power, and Ethics
- Political and Economic history of UK and US
- Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
- Advanced Optical Network Technologies
- Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
- University Challenges and Reforms
University of Essex
2012-2020
Cardiff University
2009-2012
How can we understand contradictory identifications within work to which one is passionately attached? This article explores how seemingly competing accounts of the self at not only appear side by self-presentation creative workers, but also dominant patterns daily socio-economic realities are reproduced through faux-contestations them. Following Glynos and Howarth, I will argue that such transgressive notions often recall earlier historical arrangements have been displaced current social...
We draw on Lacan’s notion of language to study employee subjectivity in a public sector organization (Publica) the Netherlands. Our main contribution lies using theorization and as basis for detailed textual analysis how local organizational discourses shape inform subjectivities employees. situate our approach within literature subjectivity, power work organizations before describing we carried out interviews elicit interviewees’ accounts performance management. The mechanisms metonymy...
This article explores the question of identification through a Lacanian lens, paying specific attention to interruption in self-presentation employees. Jacques Lacan’s notion Real is taken up here as conceptualization limits inherent representation, and unexpected effects signification that go beyond meaning engendered process speaking. Identification viewed an iterative condensation simplification recurrent significations within local organizational context, aiming displace repress...
Business schools have become implicated in the widespread demonisation of financial classes. By educating those held most responsible for crisis – traders and speculators they are said to produced ruthlessly talented graduates who ambition abundance but little sense social responsibility or ethics. This ethical lack thrives upon trading floor within a compelling critique complicity pedagogy business school with global economy. An turn curriculum is now widely encouraged as counteractive...
Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the notion of desire in relation subjectivity at work by drawing on Jacques Lacan. It aims particularly consider possible ways which is evoked and channeled managerial practices that are aimed managing self. Design/methodology/approach The provides an illustration this a reading how developmental HRM attempt elicit channel subjects' desire. Findings Particular images promulgated these appeal subject such way, it becomes caught relationship...
This paper addresses the role of humour in advertising through video-websites such as YouTube. In particular, it examines several instances how banned TV ads that are purposely circulated on these websites use edgy or shocking humour. The author argues this type creates an impression progressiveness by appearing to question societal conventions for what is appropriate and acceptable public media discourses. Drawing work Freud Lacan, one can understand conveying a false image ethicality since...
Existing research on freelance workers has highlighted its distinctiveness in terms of vocation, precariousness, work-life boundaries, professional autonomy and co-working. However, there is a need to better understand the lived experience working impact practitioners compared traditional employment. Using Arendt's (1958. The Human Condition. Chicago: University Chicago Press) conceptualisation human activities, I analyse case study freelancers through notions work, labour action order...
Neoliberal governance of individuals has largely been based on a specific notion self and society, emphasising human capital, authenticity essentialism. I argue that this comprises an essentially humanist view the self. However, within contemporary remnants mechanistic conception man continue to surface in politics workplace management. By examining strands humanism behaviourism political economic modes governance, trace how images outside neoliberal discourse can take transgressive...
The rise of modern corporations has been accompanied by an expansion salaried executives who have replaced owner-managers. With this expansion, the new class managers/executives came to regard themselves as stewards large and complex corporations, not principally or exclusively agents for owners. Emerging a self- styled 'profession', there was continuous debate around necessity corporation be responsible collective its stakeholders. During long parts twentieth century professed intent...