Multiplicity, Virtuality and Organization

The Contribution of Gilles Deleuze

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5779675
AutoresStephen Linstead (0000-0002-1006-2921, University of York, autor de correspondencia), Torkild Thanem (0000-0001-6020-1304, Växjö University, Sweden,, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen28
Número10
Páginas1483-1501
Fecha de publicación2007-05-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOrganization Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0170-8406 • E-ISSN: 1741-3044
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0170840607075675
OpenAlexW2156381426
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas40
Referencias citadas28

Formal organization is often seen as opposed or resistant to change, in theory as well as in practice. Drawing primarily on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze we argue that the reverse is true - that organization is itself a dynamic quality and that change and organization are imbricated in each other. We expand several key concepts of this philosophy in relation to organization (the multiplicity of order and the multiplicity of organization, strata and meshworks, virtuality and multitude) all of which draw attention to the unstable but ever-present forces that subvert and disrupt, escape, exceed and change organization. This enables an understanding of organization as creatively autosubversive - not fixed, but in motion, never resting and constantly trembling

Multitude · Self-Organization · Virtuality (gaming · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Management and Organizational Studies · Management Theory and Practice