Powers of Romance: The Liminal Challenges of Managing Organizational Intimacy

Clegg, S; Pina e Cunha, M; Rego, A; Story, J

Powers of Romance: The Liminal Challenges of Managing Organizational Intimacy

Clegg, S

Pina e Cunha, M Rego, A Story, J

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Management Inquiry, 2015, 24 (2), pp. 131 - 148
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pina e Cunha, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rego, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Story, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Management Inquiry, 2015, 24 (2), pp. 131 - 148	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1056-4926	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33853
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2014 Problematic organizational relationships have recently been at the core of highly visible media coverage. Most analyses of sexual relations in organizations have been, however, simplistic and unidimensional, and have placed insufficient systematic emphasis on the role of governmentality in the social construction of organizational romance. In this article, we proceed in two theoretical steps. First, we elaborate a typology of organizational romance that covers different manifestations of this nuanced process. We think of these as organizational strategies of governmentality. Second, we elaborate and identify liminal cases that fall into the interstices of the four predominant ways of managing sexual relationships in organizations. We think of these as vases of liquid love and life that evade the border controls of regulation by governmentality. Finally, we relate these issues to debates about the nature of the civilizational process and suggest hypotheses for future research.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Management Inquiry	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1056492614552567	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	Powers of Romance: The Liminal Challenges of Managing Organizational Intimacy	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	24	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	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	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	24	en_US

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© The Author(s) 2014 Problematic organizational relationships have recently been at the core of highly visible media coverage. Most analyses of sexual relations in organizations have been, however, simplistic and unidimensional, and have placed insufficient systematic emphasis on the role of governmentality in the social construction of organizational romance. In this article, we proceed in two theoretical steps. First, we elaborate a typology of organizational romance that covers different manifestations of this nuanced process. We think of these as organizational strategies of governmentality. Second, we elaborate and identify liminal cases that fall into the interstices of the four predominant ways of managing sexual relationships in organizations. We think of these as vases of liquid love and life that evade the border controls of regulation by governmentality. Finally, we relate these issues to debates about the nature of the civilizational process and suggest hypotheses for future research.

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