Children: Their Place in Organization Studies. Issue 10 (October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kavanagh, Donncha
• Other Names: O'Doherty Damian guest-editor.; De Cock Christian guest-editor.; Rehn Alf guest-editor.; Lee Ashcraft Karen guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Organization studies. Volume 34:Issue 10(2013)
• Page Start: 1487
• Page End: 1503
• Publication Date: 2013-10
• Subjects: actor-network theory -- childhood -- constructionism -- organization theory -- subaltern; Organizational sociology -- Periodicals; Organizational behavior -- Periodicals; Organization -- Periodicals; 302.35
• DOI: 10.1177/0170840613495329
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0170-8406

Abstract

This paper argues that children and childhood constitute a 'white space' in organization studies, which should now be explored, mapped and analysed. Rather than being separate, children and organization are deeply implicated in one another, which provides a rich basis for theoretical inquiry. The paper draws on Spivak's concept of the subaltern and on actor-network theory to articulate how and where organization studies might critically engage with, and find a place for, children and childhood. It frames such an inquiry around six potential research trajectories: epistemological, methodological, ontological, temporal, political and reflexive.