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
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 to …
When work becomes home: an empirical study of the significance of belief and employee receptivity to …
This article examines whether belief affects how employees respond to managerial approaches that draw on metaphysical rhetoric, discourses, and values. Drawing on in-depth, qualitative interviews with participants who hold various metaphysical and secular beliefs, it argues that those who …
Structuring for sustainability: overcoming challenges affecting the design and implementation …
Environmental concerns underscore the urgency for businesses to adopt sustainable practices. As the focus on sustainability grows within the corporate world, a new generation of start-ups are emerging, dedicated to bringing sustainable solutions to the market. Innovative Sustainable Business Models (SBMs) are …
Tensions in implementing the tenure track system (TTS) in Pakistan’s higher education
Since 2002, the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has introduced a series of educational policies and programs, including a Tenure Track System (TTS) as a new performance and reward system. We researched its introduction at the University of Punjab. The coexistence of the TTS and a pre-existing Basic …
Inner-focused Sage & Outer-Focused King: sustainable leadership research from two Chinese companies’ cases
‘Inner-focused Sage & Outer-focused King’ describes the Confucian perspective on an individual's transition from self-cultivation to societal contribution. This study applies the concept to leadership, illustrating how business leaders achieve family well-being, corporate success, and social …
National culture as a lens to improve ecosystem innovation maturity: a cross-cultural analysis
Innovation is a key driver of economic growth and organisational success, particularly in complex and regulated sectors like healthcare. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the role national culture plays in shaping and supporting innovation processes. This conceptual research …
Blurry service relationships – exploring recurrent encounters in personal training through photo-elicitation interviews
There are a variety of service occupations characterised by recurrent contact with familiar customers. Through the performance of emotional labour, these service worker/customer relationships can potentially flourish as part of ongoing relational trajectory that evolves with each encounter. Using data …
In-betweenness of doctoral students in co-authoring with English L1 academics: an emotion-based duoethnography …
This duoethnography unveils our emotional odysseys during the co-authoring process as women early career researchers (ECRs) with English as an additional language (EAL) who collaborated with scholars whose first language is English (L1). The use of duoethnography allows us to ...