Contested commodification
Consultancies and their struggle with new concept development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9891879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Heusinkveld (0000-0001-9868-3089, Radboud University Nijmegen, corresponding author), Jos Benders (0000-0003-1696-144X, Radboud University Nijmegen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 283-310 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0018726705053423 |
| OpenAlex | W2131410508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 49 |
This article draws on a product innovation perspective to explore the process of knowledge commodification. It is argued that key suppliers of management knowledge do not particularly regard this process as unproblematic. Using interviews with management consultants, this study provides an understanding of the internal elements that may inhibit or encourage the development of new knowledge products. Exploratory results reveal several major impediments to linking commodification efforts with the consultancy and suggest the importance of internal legitimation efforts before market launch. The findings indicate the importance of considering the process in which management ideas gain ‘good currency’ within the system of knowledge supply. This has some notable implications for research on knowledge commodification and management fashion
Business · Commodification · Economics · Exploratory research · Knowledge management · Legitimation · Market economy · Political science · Process (computing · Product (mathematics · Social science · Sociology · Corporate Identity and Reputation · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Management and Organizational Studies · Marketing
From Temples to Organizations
From populist opposition to hegemonic articulations
Promoting solutions and co-constructing problems – management consultancy and instrument constituencies
Branded revolutionaries
Chartering new territory
Knowledge work as occupational strategy
Beyond fragmentation and disconnect
The visible hand of consultants in the construction of the markets for virtue
Coevolution in Management Fashion
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
The System of Professions
Translating Organizational Change
Exploring internal stickiness
Central Problems in the Management of Innovation
The social construction of reality
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Rhetoric and Myth in Management Fashion
What's in a Fashion? Interpretative Viability and Management Fashions
The Fashion of Management Fashion
Formen der Produktion
Management Research on Fashion
Colonizing Knowledge
Knowledge Work
Towards a Political Theory of Organizational Intervention
Organizational Innovations in a Long-Term Perspective
Asserting Property Rights
Processing Fads and Fashions
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |