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Mats Alvesson
Professor
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Excessive work regimes and functional stupidity
Författare
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