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Organizing Half-Things: Knowing, Theorizing and Studying Atmospheres

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Prompted by the recent prominence of the notion of atmosphere in the study of organization, in this paper we take a step back to discuss and reflect the underpinnings of atmospheric theory and their implications for knowing, theorizing and studying organizational atmospheres. To do so, we sketch a genealogy of the atmospheric. Drawing upon the wider remit of atmospheric thought in social and cultural theory, we then discuss the onto-epistemological, methodological and political implications of organizational atmospherics, suggesting a vocabulary and sensibility for future atmospheric inquiries.

Source: Organization Theory

DOI: 10.1177/26317877231217309

Authors: Lydia Jørgensen, Timon Beyes

Institutions: Copenhagen Business School, Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Language: English

Topic: Management and Organizational Studies

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4390117255

FWCI: 6.596

Cites: 77

Cited by: 28

Related to: 10