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« I see dead people… ». Meet the organizational ghosts that haunt businesses
[« I see dead people... » À la rencontre des fantômes organisationnels qui hantent les entreprises]

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  • Yoann Bazin

    (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie)

  • Margot Leclair

    (LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

We call organizational ghosts these actors who, although physically absent, have concrete manifestations and impacts on the life of organizations. These ghostly figures are indeed essential to understanding the history, the values and the leaders of a firm. How then can the different aspects of organizational ghosts be approached? And how do they help us enrich our understanding of organizations? By tackling these questions, we invite organizational actors – and theorists – to learn how to encounter their ghosts.

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  • Yoann Bazin & Margot Leclair, 2019. "« I see dead people… ». Meet the organizational ghosts that haunt businesses [« I see dead people... » À la rencontre des fantômes organisationnels qui hantent les entreprises]," Post-Print hal-02429268, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02429268
    DOI: 10.3166/rfg.2019.00358
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