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Book chapters (2005), Globalization, Management Control and Ideology, DJOF Publishing, pp. 137-158

Ideology and Local Management Practice and Discourse: A Framework

This chapter proposes a theoretical framework aiming at operationalizing Ricoeuer's conception of ideology in management settings. It is claimed that both management practice and discourse contribute to producing legitimacy and/or legitimization in organisations, i.e. have an ideological dimension, and that such processes are always context-dependent.

BOURGUIGNON, A. (2005). Ideology and Local Management Practice and Discourse: A Framework. In: Riad Ajami, C. Edward Arrington, Falconer Mitchell, Hanne Nørreklit eds. Globalization, Management Control and Ideology. 1st ed. DJOF Publishing, pp. 137-158.