This essay is a provocation to debate. I argue that work in organization and management
studies addressing how to theorize and construct 'good'theory is inherently masculinized …

This special issue of Management Learning on 'Writing Differently'builds on a groundswell of
resistance to 'scientific'norms of academic writing. These norms are restrictive, inhibit the …

This insightful Elgar Introduction comprises the first effort to provide a succinct overview of
the field of organizational paradox theory, exploring contradictions and tensions in …

Wonder is truly an ordinary experience. We wonder what to do when confronted with a new
situation or with a difficult problem. We wonder what other people might think when …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of positive emotions in generating
workplace impacts and examine it through the application of an adapted appreciative inquiry …

How is it that researchers can engage with those they research ethically? In response to the
challenge of this question, we articulate an ethics of research engagement based on …

Research has taken important steps towards establishing values work in organizations as a
performative phenomenon situated in practice. Yet, researchers have said little about the …

The experience of wonder is often said to be at the origin of acts of creativity, both historical
and mundane, from big breakthroughs in science to the everyday discoveries of children at …

Re-enchantment taps well into the current zeitgeist: The rising focus on emotions and post-
material values also in organizational context. Enchantment is deeply tied to socially …

This chapter examines the notion of the 'prepared mind', popular in serendipity and creativity
studies, in ways that defend and advance the ontological position that mind and context are …