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Porträtt av Mats Alvesson. Foto.

Mats Alvesson

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Porträtt av Mats Alvesson. Foto.

Excessive work regimes and functional stupidity

Författare

  • Mats Alvesson
  • Katja Einola

Summary, in English

In order to understand why individuals accept and reproduce excessive time regimes, this paper addresses five key drivers: (1) intrinsic motivation, (2) extrinsic motivation, (3) organizational norms, (4) the principle of reciprocity, and (5) identity, including having the ‘true grit’ and belonging to the ‘elite’. It also points to how various elements in excessive work regimes – tendencies towards a closed occupational system, the combination of incentives and ego-boosting and limited time outside work – contribute to functional stupidity, making people disinclined to ask critical questions about work practices and norms, be self-reflective or imagine alternative forms of work organizations, careers or personal objectives.

Avdelning/ar

  • Företagsekonomiska institutionen

Publiceringsår

2018-08-07

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

283-296

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

German Journal of Human Resource Management

Volym

32

Issue

3-4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

SAGE Publications

Ämne

  • Business Administration

Nyckelord

  • Functional stupidity
  • identity
  • motivation
  • professional services
  • work regimes
  • working hours

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 2397-0022