dc.contributor.author | Hagen, Aina Landsverk | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-11T10:35:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-11T10:35:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hagen, A. L. (2015). “Calling it a Crisis”: Modes of Creative Labour and Magic in an Elite Architect Company. Journal of Business Anthropology, 4(2), 201-218. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2245-4217 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 1297172 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/3232 | |
dc.description.abstract | In recent years we have seen a resurfacing of magic as an analytical
category in anthropological literature, with particular emphasis on
modern forms of occultism and witchcraft. Magic has yet to prove itself a
useful analytical tool within the anthropolog
y of organizations, and this
article aims at understanding everyday work processes through the
concepts of myth and magic. The discussion is based on empirical data
from an internationally acclaimed architect company based in Norway,
with a particular focu
s on a period of downsizing in the aftermath of the
global financial crisis in 2008. The architects try to uphold an egalitarian,
social
-
democratic ideology of creativity within a capitalist system and
make use of a range of magical practices in order to s
ucceed. The article
shows how narrative flexibility transforms the brutality of downsizing
into a mode of creative labour, and concludes that the internal dynamic
between risk taking and risk reducing is inherent in both magical
practices and capitalist systems. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Copenhagen Business School | en_US |
dc.subject | Organizations | en_US |
dc.subject | Creativity | en_US |
dc.subject | Architects | en_US |
dc.subject | Magic | en_US |
dc.subject | Downsizing | en_US |
dc.subject | Flexibility | en_US |
dc.title | "Calling it a Crisis : Modes of Creativity, Work and Magic in an Elite Architect Company | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |