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Theatre and Organization: Editorial Introduction

Theatre and Organization: Editorial Introduction 691 Authors name Theatre and Organization: Editorial Introduction Georg Schreyögg and Heather Höpfl Georg Schreyögg Over the past decade or so, there has been a steady increase of scholarly Freie Universität interest in exploring the relationship between theatre and organizations. This Berlin, Germany in part has been stimulated by various attempts to broaden the scope of Heather Höpfl organizational analysis and to gain fresh insights into organizational dynamics University of from a range of new perspectives. For many years, organizational theorists Essex, UK have drawn on art and theatre as metaphors for their work. Recently, theatre, in particular, has been used to examine both organizations as theatre (theatre as metaphor) and theatre in organizations. These approaches were what initially prompted us to attempt to bring together the various strands of this debate in this special issue. The articles of this special issue have been selected from a larger group of contributions submitted to Organization Studies, responding to our call for papers issued in 2002. Before presenting the articles of the special issue we turn to some general considerations that mark the theatrical field and salient research questions. Organizations as Theatre The dramaturgical approach to the study of social behaviour http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Organization Studies: An International Multidisciplinary Journal Devoted to the Studies of Organizations, Organizing, and the Organized in and between Societies SAGE

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691 Authors name Theatre and Organization: Editorial Introduction Georg Schreyögg and Heather Höpfl Georg Schreyögg Over the past decade or so, there has been a steady increase of scholarly Freie Universität interest in exploring the relationship between theatre and organizations. This Berlin, Germany in part has been stimulated by various attempts to broaden the scope of Heather Höpfl organizational analysis and to gain fresh insights into organizational dynamics University of from a range of new perspectives. For many years, organizational theorists Essex, UK have drawn on art and theatre as metaphors for their work. Recently, theatre, in particular, has been used to examine both organizations as theatre (theatre as metaphor) and theatre in organizations. These approaches were what initially prompted us to attempt to bring together the various strands of this debate in this special issue. The articles of this special issue have been selected from a larger group of contributions submitted to Organization Studies, responding to our call for papers issued in 2002. Before presenting the articles of the special issue we turn to some general considerations that mark the theatrical field and salient research questions. Organizations as Theatre The dramaturgical approach to the study of social behaviour

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Organization Studies: An International Multidisciplinary Journal Devoted to the Studies of Organizations, Organizing, and the Organized in and between Societies – SAGE

Published: Jun 1, 2004

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