Seeck, Hannele 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6209-651X and Kantola, Anu
(2009)
Organizational control: restrictive or productive?
Journal of Management and Organization, 15 (2).
pp. 241-257.
ISSN 1833-3672
Abstract
Organizational control is conventionally - from a critical stance - viewed as a negative and restrictive phenomenon, which in one way or another subjugates workers. In this theoretical paper, we argue that organizational control is often based on a particular understanding of power; an understanding that views power as repressive, equating it with domination and subjugation while paying little attention to its productive function. We question what the implications for understanding organizational control would be if we were also to see power as productive. We contend that the Foucauldian notions of pastoral power, disciplinary power, and governmentality can be used together through the concept of regime of practices to enrich our understanding of the workings of organizational control. We thus delineate an analytical framework for the study of organizational control based on an open-ended investigation of the regimes of control in local settings.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/ |
| Additional Information: | ©2009 eContent Management |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2013 15:17 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 23:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/49863 |
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