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Stephan Schaefer . Photo

Stephan Schaefer

Senior lecturer

Stephan Schaefer . Photo

On the potential of progressive performativity: Definitional purity, re-engagement and empirical points of departure

Author

  • Stephan Schaefer
  • Wickert Christopher

Summary, in English

In this article, we respond to Cabantous, Gond, Harding and Learmonth’s (2016) critique of recent conceptual contributions that employ the concept of performativity for prompting progressive changes in organizations. All in all, we seem to share the general unease concerning the marginal impact of Critical Management Studies on re-defining organizational realities. At the same time, we largely disagree on how critical scholars could support effective, progressive changes. In this rejoinder, we respond to but also absorb Cabantous et al.’s critique of progressive performativity and sketch three ways of how
to advance discussions of Critical Management Studies’ role in organizational scholarship.

Department/s

  • Department of Business Administration

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Pages

215-215

Publication/Series

Human Relations

Volume

69

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • critical management studies
  • CMS
  • critical performativity theory
  • engaged critical research
  • progressive performativity
  • relevance of critical research

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0018-7267