Chapter 7: Do You Take Your Body to Work?
By: David Barry & Mary Ann Hazen
Keywords:egocentrism; enclosure; mind and body; modernism; organizational theories; self-control; the self
Mary AnnHazen
Do you take your body to work? If you are a laborer, build houses, or pour concrete, you are probably well aware of your body at work. If you are an artist, a policeman walking a beat, or a professional athlete, you probably listen to your body's voices, are alert to your gut reactions, and respond to variations in vibrations and rhythms. If you are a manager in a corporation, you may attend to these as well. But mainstream management and organization theories tend to ignore such practices and, to the extent that they acknowledge the human body at all, stress conformance to organizational dictates and constraints. Certainly, our theories about ...
Barry, D., & Hazen, M. (1996). Do you take your body to work?. In D. M. BojeR. P. Gephart, & T. J. Thatchenkery (Eds.), Postmodern management and organization theory (pp. 140-153). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483345390.n7
Barry, David, and Mary Ann Hazen. "Do You Take Your Body to Work?" In Postmodern Management and Organization Theory, edited by Boje, David M., Robert P. Gephart, and Tojo J. Thatchenkery, 140-53. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483345390.n7.
Barry, D. and Hazen, M. 1996. Do You Take Your Body to Work?. In: David M. Boje, Robert P. Gephart and Tojo J. Thatchenkery Editors, 1996. Postmodern Management and Organization Theory, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 140-153 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483345390.n7> [Accessed 8 Dec 2021].
Barry, David and Mary Ann Hazen. "Do You Take Your Body to Work?." Postmodern Management and Organization Theory. Edited by David M. BojeRobert P. Gephart and Tojo J. Thatchenkery. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1996, pp. 140-53. SAGE Knowledge. 8 Dec 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483345390.n7.