Death and the Penguin: modularity, alienation and organising

Aroles, J; Clegg, S; Granter, E

Death and the Penguin: modularity, alienation and organising

Aroles, J Clegg, S

Granter, E

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Culture and Organization, 2019, 25 (2), pp. 104 - 117
Issue Date:: 2019-03-15

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dc.contributor.author	Aroles, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Granter, E	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:20:41Z
dc.date.issued	2019-03-15	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Culture and Organization, 2019, 25 (2), pp. 104 - 117	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1475-9551	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/134930
dc.description.abstract	© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The originality of this paper lies in the ways in which it explores how the depiction of organised crime within Andrey Kurkov’s novel Death and the Penguin can inform our understanding of organisational modularity. This non-orthodox approach might open up new avenues of thought in the study of organisational modularity while further illustrating how novelistic worlds can inform accounts of organisational realities. Two main research questions underlie the paper. How can Andrey Kurkov’s novel further our understanding of the complexity of organisational worlds and realities by focusing our attention on different landscapes of organising? How does Kurkov’s novel help us grasp the concept of modularity by drawing attention to new forms of modular organisation? Drawing from our reading of Kurkov’s novel, we primarily explore organisational modularity through Kurkov’s depiction of organised crime and consider the themes of alienation and isolation in the context of modular organising.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Culture and Organization	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/14759551.2018.1509861	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Death and the Penguin: modularity, alienation and organising	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	25	en_US
utslib.for	MD Multidisciplinary	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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Abstract:

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The originality of this paper lies in the ways in which it explores how the depiction of organised crime within Andrey Kurkov’s novel Death and the Penguin can inform our understanding of organisational modularity. This non-orthodox approach might open up new avenues of thought in the study of organisational modularity while further illustrating how novelistic worlds can inform accounts of organisational realities. Two main research questions underlie the paper. How can Andrey Kurkov’s novel further our understanding of the complexity of organisational worlds and realities by focusing our attention on different landscapes of organising? How does Kurkov’s novel help us grasp the concept of modularity by drawing attention to new forms of modular organisation? Drawing from our reading of Kurkov’s novel, we primarily explore organisational modularity through Kurkov’s depiction of organised crime and consider the themes of alienation and isolation in the context of modular organising.

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