Organizing hope : narratives for a better future /: narratives for a better future. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Daniel Ericsson, Monika Kostera.
• Editors: Ericsson, Daniel; Kostera, Monika
• Contents: Contents: Prologue by Anke Strau. and Christina Ciupke Introduction: Organizing hope: Narratives for a better future 1 Daniel Ericsson and Monika Kostera PART ONE PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEORETICAL INSPIRATIONS 1 Hopeful organizing in the crucible of the interregnum 15 Karl E. Weick 2 Alternative futures: 'Hope is a thing with feathers' 19 Martin Parker 3 The utopian quest for an alternative 30 Roland Paulsen 4 Epimethean hope or Promethean expectation? The role of organisational behaviour 37 John Vaughan 5 Transforming work into 'play': Genuine conversations as hope for meaningful organizational change 49 John G. McClellan 6 Hope in business organizing for societal progress: Three narratives 61 Stewart Clegg, Ace Volkmann Simpson, Miguel Pina e Cunha, and Arm.nio Rego 7 Post-Pandoran hope for moving wisely beyond the neo- Promethean Anthropocene 72 Wendelin Küpers PART TWO EMPIRICAL AND IMAGINATIVE INSPIRATIONS 8 'Hope-full purpose': Time, oblivion, and the strange attractors of Pandora's box 85 Richard Longman 9 Against organization – farewell to hope? 96 George Cairns 10 Idealists and dreamers: Struggling for more resilient communities via alternative organisations 108 Anna G.ral 11 Cadriste (R)Evolution 120 Markus Kallifatides 12 The hope of discomfort: Using democratic citizenship education for transformative learning 132 Tali Padan 13 Technologies of the commune: A bridge over troubled water? 142 Daniel Ericsson 14 'Dad, Do Not Cry': Imagination and creativity on their own terms in inclusive cities and communities 153 Agata Morgan 15 Street performances in hope for the future of the urban sphere: Human interaction, self-realization and emotive enactment 166 Marta Połeć 16 There is hope in organizing: Dialogic imagination against linearity 176 Michał Izak and Monika Kostera 17 Good labour: Affirmative work awareness and hope 188 Małgorzata Ćwikła 18 Actors of goodness and hope in action 199 Aneta Milczarczyk Postscript: Avalanche 210 Karolina Matyjaszkowicz References 212 Index 241.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 244 pages.)
• Subjects: 302.35; Organizational behavior -- Social aspects; Hope; Hope; Organizational behavior -- Social aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788979443; 1788979443
• Related ISBNs: 1788979435; 9781788979436
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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