Drawing on disciplines including psychology, sociology and organizational theory, Stephen Fineman explores a number of familiar and not so familiar work arenas. He examines the way emotion penetrates ...leadership, decision-making and organizational change, as well as newer topics like the virtual side of organizations.
This article examines critically the recent growth of emotion measurement in organizational behaviour. The epistemological and phenomenological consequences of psychometrically ‘boxing’ emotion are, ...it is argued, problematic and restrictive. This may be seen in the power and professional prestige it affords to the measurers and in the consequences to those classified by measurement. This is particularly so when an emotion is presented as key to personal or organizational success. Emotional intelligence is a strong illustration of these issues, where ‘experts’ ascribe positive value to people with high emotional intelligence quotients (EQ), and low EQs are regarded as suitable cases for training. How can emotion be ‘known’, other than through measurement and numbers? The article suggests some different approaches towards researching an important, but enigmatic, concept.
The blame business Fineman, Stephen
2015., 2015, 2015-02-16, Letnik:
50702
eBook
The Blame Business is a fascinating journey through the landscape of blame, deepening our understanding of blame and how it shapes our lives. This book examines the roots of blame and its enduring ...manifestations today, from ancient witch-hunts to modern corporate whistleblowers.
In this article I examine the attractions and shortcomings of the "positive" neohumanistic turn in organizational theorizing and how positivity might be developed. I evaluate positivity's moral and ...cultural underpinnings and claims to separate positive from negative emotions, and I explore the deployment of positiveness in HRM programs of empowerment, emotional intelligence, and fun at work. I conclude with suggestions on how positive scholarship could be reconfigured in light of the present critique and against the emancipatory ideas of critical organizational theory.
`This is an insightful book... offers an in-depth understanding of the dynamics at work within organizations, but also offers ways forward for new researchers. The book is appropriate for people who ...want to study organizational behaviour and occupational psychology. It is thought-provoking and practical′ - Profbooks.com Reviews.
Age is the silent shaper of work organisations and their human resource practices. It has become a potent feature of how society is structured and how it views itself. Age assumptions mould the ...behaviours of young and old alike, and are used as political tools by policy makers and managers. This book asks the perennial question — can age ever not matter? Drawing on a range of social scientific and popular writings, it casts a critical eye over the social construction and politicisation of age in and beyond organisations. Amongst other topics, it discusses: the historical roots of age in society; how we ‘perform’ our age in different settings; the social impact of defining age groups as generations; ageism; the effect of an age-cluster on an organisation’s processes and members’ experience; the rituals of retirement and the birth of the retirement industry; the impact of economic recession in challenging some of our assumptions about age; and the increasing politicisation of the growing ‘grey’ population.
`Ingenious and original. Young people′s vivid first-hand accounts of the daily dramas of business life, economically and intelligently balanced with sympathetic commentary, thought-provoking ...questions and scholarly reference′ - Nigel Nicholson, London Business School.
Reply: Accentuating the Positive? Fineman, Stephen
The Academy of Management review,
04/2006, Letnik:
31, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Recenzirano
In my critique of positiveness I raised a number of key concerns about the conceptualization and development of the positive perspective in organizational behavior and organizational studies. Roberts ...addresses some of my worries, but still leaves open some importance questions, in particular the ontological assumptions that underpin positiveness and the scope for embracing critical theory.
