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Anna Jonsson
Senior lecturer
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When fiction meets theory: Writing with voice, resonance, and an open end
Author
Editor
- Alison Pullen
- Jenny Helin
- Nancy Harding
Summary, in English
In this chapter, we explore genre-blurring writing, where fiction meets theory, following the argument that texts in management and organisation studies suffer from the ‘textbook syndrome’. The stories that we tell through textbooks not only influence, but also set boundaries for, the way understandings are developed through the eyes of the reader. Often textbooks are written in a way that lead the reader into an idealised linear understanding of an organisation–far from the problems, dilemmas and messy everyday life that managers experience. Our discussion builds on previous literature on writing differently and our own experiences of writing a textbook by involving a professional novelist. Engaging in genre-blurring writing opens up how we think not only about writing, fiction and facts but also in our role as scientists. By situating ourselves, as researchers, at the intersection of fiction and the scientific work, not only …
Department/s
- Organizational Studies
Publishing year
2020
Language
English
Pages
113-129
Publication/Series
Dialogues in Critical Management Studies
Volume
4
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Topic
- Business Administration
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-1-83867-338-3
- ISBN: 978-1-83867-337-6