infonet-economy

We use a multi-source, longitudinal case study of one of the world's first and best eco-fashion brands, Osklen, founded by Oskar Metsavaht in Brazil in 1989, to advance a multi-sensorial signalling theory account of sustainable luxury. Our induc- tive theory-building extends traditional signalling theory, especially its recent applica- tions to sustainability, by adding an...

As a researcher I am very much interested in the discursive construction of realities in organizations. How can this topic, rooted in not so easy to understand post structural philosophy, be taught to students? This is the main question to be answered in relation to experiences of a half day course with students in executive education. The contribution will discuss the didactic...

This paper focuses on the aesthetics of the uncanny to inquire into and perform affective sites of organizing that are imbued with feelings of uncertainty and uneasiness. We argue that the uncanny forms an ‘unconcept' that allows us to think and apprehend ‘white spaces' of organization not as new or other spaces but through a process of relating intensively with the...

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Increasing men's presence in early childhood education is closely connected to expectations of as well increasing professionalization of the occupation. However, there is also a huge contradictory discourse constructing them as potentially dangerous, somehow suspicious or ill-motivated. Men are not only positioned by but also have to position themselves according to these...

As childcare workers, men are in a contested position. On the one hand, they are in danger of being depicted as the pedophile; on the other, they are expected to bring something new and innovative to the thus-far female-dominated field. These men are experiencing ‘identity dissonance' and have to find ways to manage and facilitate legitimate subject positions as both childcare...