The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Marketing)

and Greenwood have assembled leading scholars to provide a much needed in-depth exploration of the philosophical foundations of organization studies. It is an essential read for students and academics who want to understand how philosophy is elemental to the field.' Cover 1 Title 8 Copyright 9 Contents 10 Notes on contributors 15 Acknowledgements 32 Introduction: philosophy in organization studies – life, knowledge and disruption 34 PART I Foundations 46 1 Ontology: philosophical discussions and implications for organization studies 48 2 Epistemology: philosophical foundations and organizational controversies 66 3 Ethical philosophy, organization studies and good suspicions 84 4 Methodology: philosophical underpinnings and their implications 99 PART II Theories 118 5 Discourse as organizational and practical philosophy 120 6 Feminist organization theories: islands of treasure 133 7 Hermeneutics in organization studies 146 8 Institutional theory: reflections on ontology 158 9 Marxism: a philosophical analysis of class conflict 171 10 Postcolonial theory: speaking back to empire 184 11 Poststructuralist theory: thinking organization otherwise 204 12 Practice theory: what it is, its philosophical base, and what it offers organization studies 217 13 Pragmatism and organization studies 232 14 Psychoanalysis and the study of organization 245 15 Queer theory 258 16 Structuration theory: philosophical stance and significance for organizational research 270 PART III Special Topics 282 17 Aesthetics and design: an epistemology of the unseen 284 18 Ageing: the lived experience of growing up and older in organizations 293 19 Agency at the intersection of philosophy and social theory 301 20 The Body: philosophical paradigms and organizational contributions 309 21 Brands: critical and managerial perspectives 318 22 Capital as a neglected, yet essential, topic for organization studies 326 23 Commodification and consumption 334 24 Commons and organization: potentiality and expropriation 342 25 Conflict theorizing in organization theory: a political philosophical reading 350 26 Control: philosophical reflections on the organizational limits to autonomy 357 27 Corporation: reification of the corporate form 366 28 Debt for all: towards a critical examination of organizational roles in debt practices and financialization 376 29 Decision-making: coping with madness beyond reason 385 30 Democracy: philosophical disputes and organizational governance 394 31 Diversity studies: the contribution of black philosophers 403 32 Environment, extractivism and the delusions of nature as capital 412 33 Finance: finding a philosophical fit? 421 34 Globalization and the rise of the multinational corporation 428 35 Governance: changing conceptions of the corporation 436 36 Historiography and the ‘historic turn’ in organization theory 445 37 Humour and Organization 454 38 Identity and philosophy in organizations: a femini[st]ne blind spot 463 39 Inequality and organizations 472 40 Justice: re-membering the Other in organizations 482 41 Leadership: philosophical contributions and critiques 491 42 Management and its others 499 43 Measurement and statistics in ‘organization science’: philosophical, sociological and historical perspectives 507 44 Needs and organizations: the case for the philosophical turn 516 45 Organization and philosophy: vision and division 524 46 Paradigms, the philosophy of science and organization studies 532 47 Performativity: towards a performative turn in organizational studies 541 48 Power and organizations: a brief but critical genealogy 550 49 Quantification as a philosophical act 558 50 Two tales about resistance: management vs. philosophy 566 51 Rituals in organizations: rupture, repetition and the institutional event 575 52 Spirituality, religion and organization 583 53 Strategy, power and practice 592 54 Trust: foundations and critical reflections 601 55 Value: an inquiry into relations, forms and struggles 608 56 Visual: looking at organization 617 57 Work: the philosophical limits of an idea in the neo-liberal age 625 Index 634 The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies provides a wide-ranging overview of the significance of philosophy in organizations. The volume brings together a veritable'who's-who'of scholars that are acclaimed international experts in their specialist subject within organizational studies and philosophy. The contributions to this collection are grouped into three distinct sections: Foundations - exploring philosophical building blocks with which organizational researchers need to become familiar. Theories - representing some of the dominant traditions in organizational studies, and how they are dealt with philosophically. Topics – examining the issues, themes and topics relevant to understanding how philosophy infuses organization studies. Primarily aimed at students and academics associated with business schools and organizational research, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies is a valuable reference source for anyone engaged in this field. The Routledge Companion To Philosophy In Organization Studies Provides A Wide-ranging Overview Of The Significance Of Philosophy In Organizations. The Volume Brings Together A Veritable Who’s-who Of Scholars That Are Acclaimed International Experts In Their Specialist Subject Within Organizational Studies And Philosophy. The Contributions To This Collection Are Grouped Into Three Distinct Sections: Foundations - Exploring Philosophical Building Blocks With Which Organizational Researchers Need To Become Familiar. Theories - Representing Some Of The Dominant Traditions In Organizational Studies, And How They Are Dealt With Philosophically. Topics – Examining The Issues, Themes And Topics Relevant To Understanding How Philosophy Infuses Organization Studies. Primarily Aimed At Students And Academics Associated With Business Schools And Organizational Research, The Routledge Companion To Philosophy In Organization Studies Is A Valuable Reference Source For Anyone Engaged In This Field. This book provides a wide-ranging overview of the significance of philosophy in organizations. The volume brings together a veritable "whos-who" of scholars that are acclaimed international experts in their specialist subject within organizational studies and philosophy