This paper examines the promise of Foucault as a vehicle for addressing subjectivity and organizations. It questions the supposed non-essentialism and nondualism of Foucauldian work, and argues that such work has difficulties in theorizing agency, and the relation between self and discourse. Though the paper is critical of previous attacks on the anti-materialistic stance of Foucauldian work, it nevertheless suggests that Foucauldian studies have been unable to adequately theorize 'material' relations, and that they have so far provided an inadequate basis by which to develop an ethics of either individual or collective change. In developing this critique, the paper largely focuses on Foucauldian work rather than the text of Foucault himself, though some attention is paid to Volumes 1 to 3 of The History of Sexuality. Feminist work is also employed in order to illustrate the limitations of Foucault in theorizing the self and subjectivity.
In this paper we present a critical analysis of current`green business' literature. We pay particular attention to the strongly evangelical language of the literature, and we consider whether such green evangelism is likely to represent an eective rhetorical strategy. We pursue this theme through exploring arguments for environmental excellence', organizational`eco-cultures', and for corporate environmental strategies. We suggest that current prescriptions for`organizational ecochange' are often buttressed by evangelical rhetoric and are reliant on the assumption that organizations will voluntarily become greener. Given the centrality of voluntarism within this literature, we devote the latter part of the paper to considering its ecacy, and explore the deferred argument that organizational eco-change will only come about through stronger state regulation.
This article provides a critique of current work on the 'greening' of organizations, especially that drawing on 'ecocentric' argument. It questions the meaning of 'nature' and uses studies of the sociology of order and networks to debate the assumptions of current green discourse and its normative rationales. The article advances an 'interdependency network' perspective, applying it to the greening of organizations, green technologies and issues of globalization. It argues that this perspective offers an alternative theoretical rationale and a potential basis for future research.
A measure of environmental frustration was constructed and administered to 40 1 young graduate engineers working in industry. Self-reported frustration was associated with the dependent variables ofanger reactions, latent hostility, job dissatisfaction and, to a lesser extent, work-related anxiety. Evidence from multiple regression analysis indicated that organizational climate, role stress, and social support all contributed to the level of environmental frustration. These variables were also associated with the dependent variables, but frustration was still associated with anger reactions and latent hostility when their effects were controlled for statistically. The strongest predictors of dissatisfaction were organizational climate and qualitative underload.
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