Reflections on the darker side of conventional power analytics

• Autores: Hugh Willmott
• Localización: Academy of Management Perspectives, ISSN-e 1943-4529, Vol. 27, Nº. 4, 2013, págs. 281-286
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In "You're Still the Same: Why Theories of Power Hold Over Time and Across Contexts," Jeffrey Pfeffer argues that one consequence of pursuing the "new" is a neglect of politics and "theories of power" that are symptomatic of a lack of scientific progress in management research. I agree that politics is an omnipresent feature of organization(s) and of management practice, but power and influence reach well beyond the surface mechanisms identified and naturalized by Professor Pfeffer. They extend to practices of sexism, racism, and colonialism as well as class. Thus, what is absent from "You're Still the Same" is a consideration of how, historically, power an influence are institutionalized in such practices, and how they may be diminished through emancipatory effort, including scientific practice