Immobility in appearance only: Ricoeur and identity dynamics in workplace experiences

International audience; Immobility in one’s career, marked by a long period of stability in the same position, is not synonymous with the absence of identity mobility, on the contrary. This can be deduced from the information collected from 23 employees in a French association in the social sector. In this research we draw on the notions of idem, ipse and capacity developed by Ricoeur. A model of the cyclical identity dynamics in daily work experience has been developed, while contributing to the topics of identification and career choice. It also questions the impact of dominant social norms that favour professional mobility on managerial practices and deprive employees from a critical for…

Faire face au nouveau management public : analyse des stratégies des managers des secteurs des bibliothèques et de la santé

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Make love, not war: a process-based approach to social innovation

Traditional approaches to social innovation focus on products, services, and ideas that enable social problems to be solved. They also often view social innovation as resulting from a cross-fertilization between multiple stakeholders. We advocate for a process-based approach to social innovation internal to organizations, anchored in the concept of ethical love. While love, as a concept, has only received attention recently in academic management research, contrary to its common usage in psychology, we propose a philosophical and anthropological perspective on the call for love in organizations and distinguish with the help of the philosopher Levinas between political love and ethical love.…

Entanglement between self-doubt and self-certainty in identity dynamics: From the mundane to the surprising

Thème du congrès : « Surprise in and around Organizations: Journeys to the Unexpected », sub-thème 19; International audience

Le processus de traduction dans une méta-organisation hétérogène : le cas d'un système alimentaire territorial français

Conférence en ligne; International audience; Dans le contexte actuel, les méta-organisations (MO) sont devenues un phénomène prédominant des actions collectives entre organisations. Cette article explore les MO afin de mieux comprendre comment des groupes d’acteurs hétérogènes unissent leurs forces et collaborent. Une recherche inductive a été menée à travers l'étude de cas d'une MO française confrontée au grand défi de l'alimentation locale et équitable, l'analyse se concentre sur le processus de traduction. Le présent document vise à répondre à la question suivante : Comment comprendre les processus d'alignement des intérêts dans une méta-organisation hétérogène ? Il souhaite donc explore…

Towards an “ethics of serendipity”: Disrupting normative ethical discourses in organizations

Communication donnée dans la section : Sub-theme 12: Being Good or Looking Good? Interrogating the Contradictions and Tensions in Organizational Ethics; International audience

Excluding identities through ethical regulation: A Levinasian analysis of managerial practices to combat ill-treatment

Thème du congrès : « Enlightening the Future:The Challenge for Organizations, Sub-theme 15: ‘Faking It’: Identity Work in an Age of Exclusion; International audience

Interests and beyond in collective action: discovering responsibility and selflessness with Levinas

Colloque initialement prévu à l'Université d'Hambourg; International audience

Dormant Meta-organization: resting, dreaming, or freezing ?

Is there room for humanism in occupational reclassification accompaniment? A Levinasian look at professional support practices

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