Culture and Organization is the SCOS in-house journal. It is published six times a year by Taylor and Francis. The journal reflects the SCOS outlook and philosophy, and the editors are members of the SCOS board.
The journal started out as Studies in Cultures, Organizations, and Society in 1995, and changed to its current name in 2002. Amongst open and special issues, there is also a special issue each year devoted to the theme of a previous SCOS conference.
More information can be found at the Culture and Organization homepage.
Recent Articles
From surface acting to genuine care: emotional labor among SOS mothers in Sri Lanka
The SOS mother role, established by SOS Children’s Villages International, uniquely blends traditional motherly duties with professional caregiving in alternative foster care. Despite its significance, this profession is under-researched. This interpretive, case-study-based study explores how SOS mothers …
Gat-her-ing at the dinner table: an arts-based invitation to organize differently in academia
Academic meetings often feel intimidating and can exclude people. How might we organize them differently to encourage connections? Welcome to our reimagining of Judy Chicago’s famous feminist art installation The Dinner Table, where you will encounter South African flowers, butterflies, bumblebees, and …
Curated informality in corporate coworking
In corporate coworking, corporate teams enter coworking spaces, deliberately seeking informality for stimulation, inspiration, and novelty. Formal organizational rules still exist for such coworkers and intersect with the informality of the coworking space. Based on 36 semi-structured interviews with eight teams, we …
Trinny takes all! Exploring the gendered effects of authenticity, postfeminism, and leadership on The Trinny …
This article investigates some interconnections among postfeminism, authenticity, and leadership through an exploration of one self-proclaimed fashion entrepreneur’s use of social media to enhance their brand and their own leadership credibility. I concentrate on the fashion influencer Trinny Woodall, whose …
On leadership caricatures and spectacle in pro wrestling: the case of CEO/Wrestler ‘Evil’ Vince McMahon
This article examines how professional wrestling destabilizes conventional distinctions between ‘authentic’ organizational leadership and its cultural representations by analyzing World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) owner-CEO Vince McMahon’s sustained portrayal of his malign alter ego, ‘Mr McMahon.’ …
Political relational ethics: examining women’s positionality in the UK family court through …
Scant academic attention has been paid to damaging contradictions in the responsibilisation of mothers regarding the quality of fathers’ relationships with their children in Private Law Proceedings (PLP), otherwise known as the family court. Recent research has highlighted both the poor physical and …
Minding the gap: an analysis of hopeful, mindful organizing in the Chilean miners’ underground journey …
Due to its reliance on the rational principles of strategic analysis, crisis management scholarship often operates under the assumption that the future is predictable, and therefore that the effectiveness of resilience during organizational breakdowns can be anticipated. This study presents ...
Relationality, decolonisation and practice-based methods: developing narratives for future making practices
This paper focuses on exploring the intersection between relationality and decolonisation to develop future-oriented practice-based methods. The paper explores the concept of various colonial logics and how it is imbued in the present pursuit of knowledge. The paper looks at decolonialisation through the ...
Discretion as inherent transgression – strategic overidentification as organizational resistance
In this article, the works of Slavoj Žižek is made relevant for understanding professional discretion and its relation to bureaucracy. This issue is acute given that social work is facing increased bureaucratization. From Žižek’s theoretical framework, the article argues against using discretion as a form of resistance …