Confessions of an organizational space writer
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Authors
Type
Journal Article
Year
2019
Language
English
Abstract
Writing more affectively represents a form of activism particularly necessary in organizational
literature on space. The omission of relevant spatial problems of society like immigration is discussed
in a confession, inspired by a PhD student’s critique at an European Group of Organizational Studies
event. By means of relating personal and third parties’ experiences in affective ways, the article situates
itself in a rich tradition of autoethnographic and qualitative reflexive research. Different ways of
writing constitute a methodological strategy for theory building which here is addressed to advance
organizational literature on space. An agenda for future research is suggested and a new affective
sensitivity is called for to incite writings emotionally supported by their authors’ heartfelt involvement,
which shows an aesthetic care for the reader. An activist writing agenda for organizational space
scholars calls for non-boring appreciations of humor and irony that help to cope with life’s societal
relevant hardships.
Journal
Organization
Volume
26
Number
6
Start page number
961
End page number
971
Keywords
Self-critique and autoethnography, academic relevance, affective writing, humor and irony, organizational space
