Theoretical perspectives on organizations and organizing in a post-growth era

Banerjee, SB; Jermier, JM; Peredo, AM; Perey, R; Reichel, A

Theoretical perspectives on organizations and organizing in a post-growth era

Banerjee, SB Jermier, JM Peredo, AM Perey, R

Reichel, A

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Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Organization, 2020, 28, (3), pp. 337-357
Issue Date:: 2020-11-21

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dc.contributor.author	Banerjee, SB
dc.contributor.author	Jermier, JM
dc.contributor.author	Peredo, AM
dc.contributor.author	Perey, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1954-7781
dc.contributor.author	Reichel, A
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-04T21:34:08Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-04T21:34:08Z
dc.date.issued	2020-11-21
dc.identifier.citation	Organization, 2020, 28, (3), pp. 337-357
dc.identifier.issn	1350-5084
dc.identifier.issn	1461-7323
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/158622
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p> The fundamental assumption we base this Special Issue on is that narrow concepts of growth have become the ruling ideas of this age, entrenched both in everyday life and to a considerable extent in the theoretical thinking and traditions of research conducted by organization and management studies scholars. We explain how tacit (or overt) endorsement of unbridled economic growth (the growth imperative) has pernicious practical effects and how it tends to restrict the intellectual base of the field. We argue that notions of degrowth present scholars with challenges as well as opportunities to reframe core assumptions and develop new directions in theory and research. Envisioning a post-COVID 19 world where societies and organizations can flourish without growth is one of the most difficult tasks facing theorists. We approach this challenge first by discussing the hegemonic properties of growth ideology and second by sketching an alternative political economy as a context for reimagining social and economic relations within planetary capacities in a post-growth era. Drawing on degrowth literature in ecological economics, sociology and political ecology, we identify key principles relevant to processes of organizing for a more just and environmentally sustainable future: frugal abundance, conviviality, care, and open relocalization. We conclude by introducing the three articles we feature in this issue along with some thoughts about theorizing policy and regulatory changes needed to generate transformational change and a future research agenda. </jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartof	Organization
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1350508420973629
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 16 Studies in Human Society, 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management
dc.title	Theoretical perspectives on organizations and organizing in a post-growth era
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	28
utslib.for	15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
utslib.for	16 Studies in Human Society
utslib.for	22 Philosophy and Religious Studies
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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dc.date.updated	2022-07-04T21:34:06Z
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The fundamental assumption we base this Special Issue on is that narrow concepts of growth have become the ruling ideas of this age, entrenched both in everyday life and to a considerable extent in the theoretical thinking and traditions of research conducted by organization and management studies scholars. We explain how tacit (or overt) endorsement of unbridled economic growth (the growth imperative) has pernicious practical effects and how it tends to restrict the intellectual base of the field. We argue that notions of degrowth present scholars with challenges as well as opportunities to reframe core assumptions and develop new directions in theory and research. Envisioning a post-COVID 19 world where societies and organizations can flourish without growth is one of the most difficult tasks facing theorists. We approach this challenge first by discussing the hegemonic properties of growth ideology and second by sketching an alternative political economy as a context for reimagining social and economic relations within planetary capacities in a post-growth era. Drawing on degrowth literature in ecological economics, sociology and political ecology, we identify key principles relevant to processes of organizing for a more just and environmentally sustainable future: frugal abundance, conviviality, care, and open relocalization. We conclude by introducing the three articles we feature in this issue along with some thoughts about theorizing policy and regulatory changes needed to generate transformational change and a future research agenda.

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