Affective Control in New Collaborative Work: Communal Fantasies of Purpose, Growth and Belonging

Resch, Bernhard; Hoyer, Patrizia; Steyaert, Chris

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“…We all want to believe in the promises of management about a better world at hand if we just buy this new product or new service. We cope the best we can with our world by paradoxically drawing on communities in hyper-individualized environments (see Resch et al, 2021, in this issue). We commodify and managerialize identity emancipation, which strangely produces new forms of queer control in the context of a new world of work, which is expected to be freed from any forms of control (see Burchiellaro, 2021, in this issue).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Organization might be read atmospherically, as a continual spatial consolidation and projection of forms whose cohesiveness (integrity) and potential (permeability) are mediated technologically (De Molli, Mengis, & van Marrewijk, 2020; Jørgensen & Holt, 2019). Resch et al (2021) find this affectively mediating force appearing in communal fantasies of purpose, growth and belonging, all of which, in their different ways, evoke a sense of autonomy through control, and control through autonomy. Couched in the language and concepts of psychoanalysis, the fantastical is materially rather than discursively grounded.…”

Section: Time and Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

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Control and Surveillance in Work Practice: Cultivating Paradox in ‘New’ Modes of Organizing

Vaujany

Leclercq‐Vandelannoitte

Munro

et al. 2021

Organization Studies

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The new world of work is being characterized by the emergence of what are, apparently, increasingly autonomous ways of working and living. Mobile work, coworking, flex of-fice, platform-based entrepreneurship, virtual collaborations, Do It Yourself (DIT), re-mote work, digital nomads, among others trends, epitomize ways of organizing work practice that purportedly aligns productivity with freedom. But most ethnographical research already reveals many paradoxical experiences associated with these new prac-tices and processes. Indeed, it appears that with autonomy comes surveillance and con-trol, to a point where, as Foucault observed way back, subjectivity and subject become synonyms, and the current pandemic both strengthens and makes visible this situation. In this introduction to the special issue we make a foray into this situation, using four open and related themes developed in the five papers we selected: managerial control and technology; surveillance and platform capitalism; time and space; and new organi-zational forms and autonomy. Paradoxical movements are identified for each of them, before we conclude by reflecting on a grounding paradox which appears at the center of this special issue and the themes it covers.

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Control and Surveillance in Work Practice: Cultivating Paradox in ‘New’ Modes of Organizing

Vaujany

Leclercq‐Vandelannoitte

Munro

et al. 2021

Organization Studies

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“…The keywords shown in the green circle materialize in studies in which co-working initiatives are examined under the lens of the sharing or circular economy. More precisely, CWSs are conceived as a more sustainable practice to follow: resources are shared and used in a more efficient manner [56,57], and employees are empowered to work according to their own rhythms and create their own work environment [58]. Indeed, sustainable co-working has become a popular trend, as there is an increase in the number of entrepreneurs who are concerned with the global challenges and have adopted a more sustainable lifestyle [59].…”

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What Do We Know about Co-Working Spaces? Trends and Challenges Ahead

Berbegal‐Mirabent

2021

Sustainability

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Co-working spaces (CWSs) have emerged as a distinctive phenomenon in the sharing economy. They are collaborative environments that feed innovation and creativity under the slogan “working alone together”. While policy makers and scholars were optimistic about their role in promoting entrepreneurial endeavours and fostering growth, the spread of the COVID-19 across the world has drastically changed the way we work, communicate, and navigate daily life. This study offers a comprehensive review of the existing literature on CWSs. To do so, a bibliometric analysis is proposed, combining the use of traditional bibliometric tools with science mapping techniques. A total of 118 documents are reviewed and the results are presented at two different levels: (1) descriptive analysis of the status of the research on a CWS and (2) its conceptual structure (topics and trends). The study concludes with some directions for future research. Specifically, based on the recurrent topics discussed up to date in the literature, it is possible to identify four key areas—i.e., geographical location, physical space, business models and inclusive communities—that are promising for research and that may bring useful insights for defining co-working’s place in a post-pandemic society.

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“…Our use of the organizationality concept emphasizes affective flows and investments as constitutive of organizing and implies that affect can inform the broader turn towards new arrangements that take on the form of organizational 'happenings', offering participants affective experiences that blur the boundary between work and leisure, production and consumption. Like start-up weekends (Dey et al, 2016) coworking spaces (Jakonen et al, 2017) or maker festivals (Gorbatai et al, 2021), hackathons enchant participants and stir excitement, energy and a sense of connection so that participants become invested in those events and new forms of working (see also Resch et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While affect has been discussed as a valuable lens for organizational scholarship (e.g. Beyes & Steyaert, 2012, 2013; Fotaki, Kenny, & Vachhani, 2017; Jakonen, Kivinen, Salovaara, & Hirkman, 2017; Karppi, Kähkönen, Mannevuo, Pajala, & Sihvonen, 2016; Kenny, Muhr, & Olaison, 2011; Resch, Hoyer, & Steyaert, 2021), knowledge about ‘how affect emerges, travels and is transmitted between bodies’ (Fotaki et al, 2017, p. 8) is still undertheorized. In addition, the link to technology-mediated organizations and new forms of value extraction has remained largely unexplored.…”

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Hackathons as Affective Circuits: Technology, organizationality and affect

Endrissat

Islam

2021

Organization Studies

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Technology invites a re-consideration of organization and organizing by calling attention to mediated forms of value production among loose social collectives outside formal organizational boundaries. While the nascent concept of organizationality holds potential for such a re-conceptualization, the processes through which loose social members become invested in co-orientation and collective effort require further empirical and theoretical exploration. In this paper, we link organizationality research with critical media studies on affect and technology to theorize how affect holds provisional collectives together while promoting new modes of value extraction. Empirically, we draw from an ethnographic study of hackathons – transdigital innovation spaces where participants act with and through technology – and suggest three intertwined processes as part of an affective circuit that stokes and directs affect. The paper’s contribution is threefold. First, by analyzing how affective circuits bind, integrate and co-orient action among loose members, we contribute to understanding organizationality as affectively constituted. Second, by showing how hackathons leverage desire for community, we offer a critical perspective on affective capture and argue that organizationality involves novel modes of value production. Third, we complement theorizing of hackathons by exploring them as sites of organizationality, focusing on the provisional, relational and affect-rich nature of new forms of organizing in the digital age.

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Affective Control in New Collaborative Work: Communal Fantasies of Purpose, Growth and Belonging

Cited by 26 publications

References 56 publications

Control and Surveillance in Work Practice: Cultivating Paradox in ‘New’ Modes of Organizing

Control and Surveillance in Work Practice: Cultivating Paradox in ‘New’ Modes of Organizing

What Do We Know about Co-Working Spaces? Trends and Challenges Ahead

Hackathons as Affective Circuits: Technology, organizationality and affect

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