Journal article 758 views
Naming the Ideological: Contesting Organizational Norms and Practices
Sam Dallyn
Organization
Swansea University Author: Sam Dallyn
Full text not available from this repository: check for access using links below.
DOI (Published version): 10.1177/1350508413475494
Abstract
In this article I develop a reflexive conception of ideology that can be applied to the study of organizations. By drawing out and making explicit the researcher’s role in naming a social phenomenon as ideological, I argue that a more consistent, reflexive and critically attuned notion of the ideolo...
| Published in: | Organization |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1461-7323 |
| Published: |
2013
|
| Online Access: |
Check full text
|
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14542 |
| Abstract: |
In this article I develop a reflexive conception of ideology that can be applied to the study of organizations. By drawing out and making explicit the researcher’s role in naming a social phenomenon as ideological, I argue that a more consistent, reflexive and critically attuned notion of the ideological can be developed. The neglect of the position of the researcher in critical conceptions of ideology stems largely from a problematic division in existing approaches between the researcher, as objective expert, and researched. As an alternative, I build on the idea of research reflexivity in organization studies to develop a notion of ideology in which the partial position of the researcher is rendered explicit. To illustrate this conception of naming the ideological, I characterize the norms and practices of Job Centres as reflecting an ideology of capitalist welfare regulation. The article presents a fresh way of conceptualizing ideology as a reflexive analytical concept which can fruitfully be brought to bear on different aspects of organizations. |
|---|---|
| Keywords: |
experience, ideology, Job Centres, naming, political, positionality, reflexivity, researcher, welfare |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |