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Politics of place : The meaningfulness of resisting places

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  • David Courpasson

    (EM - EMLyon Business School, Cardiff University)

  • Françoise Dany

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

  • Rick Delbridge

    (Cardiff University)

Abstract

The meaningfulness of the physical place within which resistance is nurtured and enacted has not been carefully considered in research on space and organizations. In this article, we offer two stories of middle managers developing resistance to managerial policies and decisions. We show that the appropriation and reconstruction of specific places by middle managers helps them to build autonomous resisting work thanks to the meanings that resisters attribute to the place in which they undertake resistance. We contribute to the literature on space and organizations by showing that resistance is a social experience through which individuals shape physical places and exploit the geographical blurring of organizations to develop political efforts that can be consequential. We also suggest the central role played by middle managers in the subversion of these meaningful places of resistance.

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  • David Courpasson & Françoise Dany & Rick Delbridge, 2017. "Politics of place : The meaningfulness of resisting places," Post-Print hal-02313428, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02313428
    DOI: 10.1177/0018726716641748
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    1. M. Hassan Awad, 2023. "Place and the Structuring of Cross-Sector Partnerships: The Moral and Material Conflicts Over Healthcare and Homelessness," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 184(4), pages 933-955, May.
    2. Johanna Järvelä, 2023. "The Mine or the Mire? Mobilising Place in Natural Resource Struggles," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 187(2), pages 237-254, October.
    3. Rafael Alcadipani & John Hassard & Gazi Islam, 2018. "“ I Shot the Sheriff ”: Irony, Sarcasm and the Changing Nature of Workplace Resistance," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) halshs-01959081, HAL.
    4. Crevani, Lucia, 2019. "Privilege in place: How organisational practices contribute to meshing privilege in place," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 35(2).
    5. April L. Wright & Gemma Irving & Asma Zafar & Trish Reay, 2023. "The Role of Space and Place in Organizational and Institutional Change: A Systematic Review of the Literature," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(4), pages 991-1026, June.
    6. Lô, Amadou & Fatien Diochon, Pauline, 2019. "Unsilencing power dynamics within third spaces. The case of Renault’s Fab Lab," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 35(2).
    7. Rafael Alcadipani & John Hassard & Gazi Islam, 2018. "“ I Shot the Sheriff ”: Irony, Sarcasm and the Changing Nature of Workplace Resistance," Post-Print halshs-01959081, HAL.
    8. Florence Palpacuer & Amélie Seignour, 2019. "Resisting via Hybrid Spaces : The Cascade effect of a workplace Struggle against Neoliberal Hegemony," Post-Print hal-02436750, HAL.
    9. Robin Burrow & Rebecca Scott & David Courpasson, 2022. "Where ‘The Rules Don’t Apply’: Organizational Isolation and Misbehaviour in Elite Kitchens," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(5), pages 1103-1131, July.
    10. Kutay Güneştepe & Deniz Tunçalp, 2023. "Territorial dynamics in organizing resistance: The assistants’ solidarity movement in two universities," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 41(6), pages 1200-1224, September.
    11. Willems, Thijs & van Marrewijk, Alfons, 2017. "Construindo uma colaboração? Da co-locação à des-locação em um centro de controle ferroviário," RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas, FGV-EAESP Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (Brazil), vol. 57(6), October.
    12. Michel Ajzen & Laurent Taskin, 2021. "The re-regulation of working communities and relationships in the context of flexwork: A spacing identity approach," Post-Print halshs-03345447, HAL.

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