Authority and Autonomy: Paradoxes in Modern Knowledge Work
Author:   Susanne Ekman
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9780230348226


Pages:   253
Publication Date:   18 September 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Susanne Ekman
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9780230348226


ISBN 10:   023034822
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   18 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Tables Introduction Desire, Discovery, and Disillusionment in Modern Working Life Affective Labor and Post-bureaucracy Setting the Scene - Analytics of Compassion Methods – The Solidarity of Detachment Contractuality and Authenticity – the Dual Discourses about Work Captain or Comrade – What Employees Expect from their Managers Predictable or Pioneering – What Managers Expect of Employees Coping with Contradictions - Tensions, Double Binds and Hybrids Conclusion Shaking Analytical Habits – an Empirical Quest for Compassion Appendix Methodological Details Bibliography

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SUSANNE EKMAN is Assistant Professor at the Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. She holds an MA in Anthropology and a PhD in Management. She is primarily interested in the complex relationship between freedom and ethics and has recently pursued this issue ethnographically in the context of contemporary knowledge work.

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