Organizational body work: Efforts to shape human bodies in organizations

In this article, we review management and organizational research that describes and explains “organizational body work”— purposeful, organizationally embedded efforts to shape human bodies. We conceptualize human bodies in terms of three dimensions—materiality, meaning, and functionality—and argue...

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Main Authors: Lawrence, TB, Schlindwein, E, Jalan, R, Heaphy, ED
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Management 2022