The absurd workplace : how absurdity is normalized in contemporary society and the workplace /: how absurdity is normalized in contemporary society and the workplace. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Matthijs Bal, Andy Brookes, Dieu Hack-Polay, Maria Kordowicz, John Mendy.
• Authors: Bal, Matthijs; Brookes, Andy; Hack-Polay, Dieu Donné; Kordowicz, Maria; Mendy, John
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to Absurdity and Hypernormalization in Contemporary Society and WorkplacesChapter 2: Theoretical Foundation: a Multidisciplinary Review of Absurdity and HypernormalizationChapter 3: Ideological Underpinnings of Absurdity and HypernormalizationChapter 4: From Hypernormalization of Workplace Inequality to Dehumanization: A way out for Human Resource ManagementChapter 5: 'Chocolates for the Director' and other Tales of Public Sector AbsurdityChapter 6: The hypernormalization of race in contemporary workplacesChapter 7: Hypernormalized destruction: making sense of why business organisations are able to act with impunityChapter 8: Absurdity of the Climate Transition that Never HappenedChapter 9: A Way out of Absurdity and HypernormalizationChapter 10: Moving Forward with Absurdity.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 302.35; Industrial organization; Work environment; Sustainable development
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031178870
• Related ISBNs: 9783031178863
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