Compassion, power and organization

Simpson, AV; Clegg, SR; Freeder, D

Compassion, power and organization

Simpson, AV

Clegg, SR

Freeder, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Political Power, 2013, 6 (3), pp. 385 - 404
Issue Date:: 2013-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Simpson, AV https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7768-328X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, SR https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Freeder, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-5589	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Political Power, 2013, 6 (3), pp. 385 - 404	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2158-379X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27945
dc.description.abstract	In this paper, we analyse the significance of compassion as an emotion in its relationship to various manifestations of power within the organisational context. We critique those theories of compassion that assume that compassion in organsational contexts is motivated only by a noble intent. The paper draws on a study of organisational responses to the flood that devastated the City of Brisbane Australia on the morning of 11 January 2011. We use a framework of 'circuits of power' to provide a triple focus on interpersonal, organisational and societal uses of power together with a model of coercive, instrumental and normative organisational power. We present our findings in a framework constructed by overlapping these frameworks. The unique contribution of this paper is to provide a conceptualisation of organisational compassion enmeshed with various modes of power exercised in and by organisations. © 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Political Power	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/2158379X.2013.846558	en_US
dc.title	Compassion, power and organization	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1606 Political Science	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
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
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	6	en_US

Abstract:

In this paper, we analyse the significance of compassion as an emotion in its relationship to various manifestations of power within the organisational context. We critique those theories of compassion that assume that compassion in organsational contexts is motivated only by a noble intent. The paper draws on a study of organisational responses to the flood that devastated the City of Brisbane Australia on the morning of 11 January 2011. We use a framework of 'circuits of power' to provide a triple focus on interpersonal, organisational and societal uses of power together with a model of coercive, instrumental and normative organisational power. We present our findings in a framework constructed by overlapping these frameworks. The unique contribution of this paper is to provide a conceptualisation of organisational compassion enmeshed with various modes of power exercised in and by organisations. © 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis.

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