Myth, Meaning and Work Organization

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5771607
AutoresMartin L Bowles (Department of Business and Management, City Polytechnic, Kowloon, Hong Kong, autor correspondente)
Ano1989
Volume10
Fascículo3
Páginas405-421
Data de publicação1989-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOrganization Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0170-8406 • E-ISSN: 1741-3044
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/017084068901000306
OpenAlexW2131291765
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas21

The 'work organization' has, for many, come to replace the Church in dictating the meanings by which people are expected to structure their social action. This paper describes the function of myth in human life, the challenge to traditional mythologies through the emergence of science and technology and how the new order of organizational ideologies and myths fail to provide the integration necessary for life adjustment. The argument for the current emergence of a new form of mythology, one which challenges contemporary understandings of human beings and social organiza tion, is assessed

Argument (complex analysis · Human life · Social organization · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Management Theory and Practice · Workplace Spirituality and Leadership