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Author: | Caldwell, R. |
Title: | Agency and change: re-evaluating Foucault's legacy |
Journal: | Organization
2007 : NOV, VOL. 14:6, p. 769-791 |
Index terms: | organization theory change theories |
Freeterms: | de-centred agency discourse autonomy |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Michael Foucault has had a great influence on the development of postmodern organization theory and analysis. This article re-evaluates his heritage by focusing to analyze four key components of the decentred agency: discourse, power/knowledge, embodiment and self-reflexivity. This leads to wider review of the unresolved ontological and epistemological issues raised by Foucaults thoughts of agency and change. According to the evaluation Foucaults concept of agency fails as a theorization of change. |
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