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Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies
This expansive Encyclopedia provides a detailed overview of Critical Management Studies (CMS). This exciting and iconoclastic area of research and scholarship has had a major impact on the academic field of business and management studies, opening up possibilities for exploring radical and liberatory ideas in the often conservative and technicist realm of business school education. Covering many of the substantive areas of CMS, such as control and gender, and providing reflexive discussions and critiques, this Encyclopedia is a vital contribution to this important and unique field.
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This expansive Encyclopedia provides a detailed overview of Critical Management Studies (CMS). This exciting and iconoclastic area of research and scholarship has had a major impact on the academic field of business and management studies, opening up possibilities for exploring radical and liberatory ideas in the often conservative and technicist realm of business school education. Covering many of the substantive areas of CMS, such as control and gender, and providing reflexive discussions and critiques, this Encyclopedia is a vital contribution to this important and unique field.
With over 100 entries written by an international collective of expert scholars, it covers the full range of concepts and debates in CMS, from Affect, Alienation and Anarchism, to Whistleblowing, Workplace Wellbeing and Writing Differently.
The Encyclopedia will be great value to scholars working in CMS and organization studies. It will also interest students exploring international business, management studies, and work and employment relations.
Key Features:
• Extensive onward references for further reading and research
• Entries authored by a diverse selection of writers, from highly experienced professors to fresh perspectives from up-and-coming scholars
• Key topics covered include classic ideas such as Class, Critical Theory and Postmodernism, as well as more recent developments such as Critical Diversity Studies, Hauntology, and Modern Slavery. Also included are detailed entries on the intellectual development of CMS itself, CMS in North America, and criticisms of CMS
With over 100 entries written by an international collective of expert scholars, it covers the full range of concepts and debates in CMS, from Affect, Alienation and Anarchism, to Whistleblowing, Workplace Wellbeing and Writing Differently.
The Encyclopedia will be great value to scholars working in CMS and organization studies. It will also interest students exploring international business, management studies, and work and employment relations.
Key Features:
• Extensive onward references for further reading and research
• Entries authored by a diverse selection of writers, from highly experienced professors to fresh perspectives from up-and-coming scholars
• Key topics covered include classic ideas such as Class, Critical Theory and Postmodernism, as well as more recent developments such as Critical Diversity Studies, Hauntology, and Modern Slavery. Also included are detailed entries on the intellectual development of CMS itself, CMS in North America, and criticisms of CMS
Critical Acclaim
‘This collection of sparkling, insightful and opinionated entries offers a rich tableau of the breadth and creativity of Critical Management Studies. An indispensable resource for anyone interested in exploring the state of CMS some three decades in.’
– Paul S. Adler, University of Southern California, USA
– Paul S. Adler, University of Southern California, USA
