Writing organization/romancing fictocriticism

Rhodes, C

Writing organization/romancing fictocriticism

Rhodes, C

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Culture and Organization, 2015, 21 (4), pp. 289 - 303
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rhodes, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6571-2872	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Culture and Organization, 2015, 21 (4), pp. 289 - 303	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1475-9551	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/49872
dc.description.abstract	© 2014 Taylor & Francis. A provocation … the minds of my generation of organizational theorists are haunted by the spectre of scientific discourse, shoehorned into dry genres, bullied by audit regimes that try to wring the passion out of thought. Without gaiety, the science that calls us has no exuberance, it cannot dance. What are the possibilities for writing about organizations that allows the heart's instincts to be followed, the vast possibilities of expression to be explored and enjoyed? I explore this through a form of writing known as fictocriticism – a writing engaged in genre-bending as a literary and theoretical engagement with existence and selfhood. Why import this term into organization studies? Might fictocriticism have some value to ‘us’ who locate ourselves here? I am engaging in a form of romance; a courtship of ideas from elsewhere. What might result from this union is not clear, but it offers hope, excitement and promise.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Culture and Organization	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/14759551.2014.882923	en_US
dc.title	Writing organization/romancing fictocriticism	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	21	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
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	21	en_US

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© 2014 Taylor & Francis. A provocation … the minds of my generation of organizational theorists are haunted by the spectre of scientific discourse, shoehorned into dry genres, bullied by audit regimes that try to wring the passion out of thought. Without gaiety, the science that calls us has no exuberance, it cannot dance. What are the possibilities for writing about organizations that allows the heart's instincts to be followed, the vast possibilities of expression to be explored and enjoyed? I explore this through a form of writing known as fictocriticism – a writing engaged in genre-bending as a literary and theoretical engagement with existence and selfhood. Why import this term into organization studies? Might fictocriticism have some value to ‘us’ who locate ourselves here? I am engaging in a form of romance; a courtship of ideas from elsewhere. What might result from this union is not clear, but it offers hope, excitement and promise.

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