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Exploring Individuals' Moral Agency In Practice: A Foucauldian Analysis

Bardon, Thibaut; Josserand, Emmanuel; Clegg, Stewart (2011), Exploring Individuals' Moral Agency In Practice: A Foucauldian Analysis, 2011 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2011-08, San Antonio, États-Unis

Type
Communication / Conférence
Date
2011
Conference title
2011 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Conference date
2011-08
Conference city
San Antonio
Conference country
États-Unis
Pages
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Author(s)
Bardon, Thibaut
Josserand, Emmanuel
Clegg, Stewart
Abstract (EN)
Drawing on the emerging identity work literature, this article adopts a Foucauldian perspective to further investigate how individuals deal with their moral agency in practice. To this end, we conduct an empirical case study linked to the introduction of a new management practice in a service firm. We identify four ways individuals as ethical subjects relate to such attempts to manage their subjectivity. By further exploring how individuals enact new management practices as ethical dilemmas, our aim is to contribute to rehabilitating the figure of employees as reflexive and agential actors.
Subjects / Keywords
Ethical subjects; Ethique; Agential actors
JEL
M14 - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility