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Moving Management: Theorizing Struggles against the Hegemony of Management

André Spicer

University of Warwick, UK, andre.spicer{at}wbs.ac.uk

Steffen Böhm

University of Essex, UK, steffen{at}essex.ac.uk

How do groups resist the apparently all-encompassing discourse of management? Rejecting current theories of resistance as `re-appropriation' or `micro-politics', we argue that resistance may be thought of as a hegemonic struggle undertaken by social movements. We identify four major resistance movements that engage with management: unions, organizational misbehaviour, civic movements and civic movement organizations. We argue that these forms of resistance differ in terms of location (civil society or workplace) and strategy (political or infra-political). We chart out the possible interconnections between these different modes of resistance and detail how these interconnections are established. By doing this, the paper provides a framework for understanding the many forms of resistance movements that seek to disrupt the hegemonic discourse of management.

Key Words: Resistance • social movements • civil society • discourse • hegemony • management

Organization Studies, Vol. 28, No. 11, 1667-1698 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606082219
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