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Daniel Hjorth
Professor
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How Aesthetics and Economy Become Conversant in Creative Firms
Author
Summary, in English
Research on creative organizations often highlights a concern that economic influences on creative work might crowd out aesthetic influences. How this concern can be managed, however, is not well understood. Using a case study of an economic/aesthetic conflict within a design firm, we develop theory to describe how the economic and aesthetic can be constructively combined. We propose the concept of conversation as a way of theorizing a constructed sociality via which creative firms manage this conflict; we also propose the concept of ensemble as a way of theorizing a conversationally nurtured but fragile form of intensified sociality that most successfully combines conflicting influences when it can be achieved. Together, these theoretical conceptualizations contribute new insights and help organize a fragmented landscape of ideas about work in creative firms.
Publishing year
2018-11-01
Language
English
Pages
1501-1519
Publication/Series
Organization Studies
Volume
39
Issue
11
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Topic
- Business Administration
Keywords
- conversation
- creative economy
- creative firms
- ensemble
- group creativity
- organizational aesthetics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0170-8406