How organizational actors live out paradoxical tensions through power relations: The case of a youth prison
•A critical discursive analysis of qualitative data gathered at a youth prison.•Construction of control and resistance through individual responses to paradox.•Enactment of these power positions through collective responses to paradox.•These micro-dynamics contribute to the macro-level reproduction...
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| Vydáno v: | Organizational behavior and human decision processes Ročník 155; s. 55 - 67 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Elsevier Inc
01.11.2019
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| ISSN: | 0749-5978, 1095-9920 |
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| Shrnutí: | •A critical discursive analysis of qualitative data gathered at a youth prison.•Construction of control and resistance through individual responses to paradox.•Enactment of these power positions through collective responses to paradox.•These micro-dynamics contribute to the macro-level reproduction of the status quo.
Drawing on a critical discursive analysis of qualitative data gathered at a juvenile detention facility, this study explores how organizational actors live out paradoxes through enacting power relations. Based on our analysis, we elaborate a theoretical framework that conceptualizes (1) individual, role-based responses to paradox through which actors construct positions of control and resistance; (2) collective responses to paradox through which organizational members enact these power positions; and (3) the macro-level effects of such dynamics. Our findings demonstrate how micro-level power struggles keep paradoxical tensions in play. Furthermore, our study shows how, ironically, such struggles participate in the macro-level reproduction of the status quo. |
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| ISSN: | 0749-5978 1095-9920 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.obhdp.2019.03.001 |