GROUP IDEOLOGIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Management Studies
- Vol. 19 (3) , 259-275
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.1982.tb00108.x
Abstract
Recent developments in organization theory have seen an increase in the amount of attention being paid to competing interests and definitions of situations existing within organizations. Greater emphasis is being put on ‘micropolitics’ and on various non‐rational aspects of behaviour. In line with these developments, the concept of ‘group ideology’ is used to analyze the ways in which various interests were articulated and mobilized around in a case of major organizational change in an engineering company. The relevance of social class factors to the process of organizational change is given particular attention.Keywords
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