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| Title | Play at work: continuation, intervention and usurpation |
| Author/s | Bent M. Sorensen, Sverre Spoelstra |
| Department/s |
Department of Business Administration
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| Full-text | Full text is not available in this archive |
| Alternative location (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350... Restricted Access (Alternative Location) |
| Publication/Series | Organization |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81 - 97 |
| Document type | Journal article |
| Status | published |
| Quality controlled | yes |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage publications |
| Abstract English | The interest in organizational play is growing, both in popular business discourse and organization studies. As the presumption that play is dysfunctional for organizations is increasingly discarded, the existing positions may be divided into two camps; one proposes 'serious play' as an engine for business and the other insists that work and play are largely indistinguishable in the postindustrial organization. Our field study of a design and communications company in Denmark shows that organizational play can be much more than just functional to the organization. We identify three ways in which workplaces engage in play: play as a (serious) continuation of work, play as a (critical) intervention into work and play as an (uninvited) usurpation of work. |
| Subject |
Business and Economics |
| Keywords | organizational play, creative industries, serious play, work and play |
| ISBN/ISSN/Other |
ISSN: 1350-5084 |
