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Resisting resistance: Counter-resistance, consent and compliance in a consultancy firm

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Summary, in English

Consent, obedience and resistance can be seen as key concerns in management and organization. Why people comply is a crucial issue in the field. We address the theme within a specific area: management consultants in a big firm that places quite a lot of pressure on its personnel to be hardworking and predictable and to subordinate themselves to hierarchy, standards and tight production schedules. By studying how the discourses of Ambition and Autonomy clash and interact in a consultancy firm, we add and develop the concept of counter-resistance to expand our understanding of the dynamics of resistance. The idea is to show how the impulse to resist becomes countered and neutralized. The study offers insights into the deeper mechanisms and dynamics behind consent and shows the multidimensional character of resistance.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

1115-1144

Publication/Series

Human Relations

Volume

62

Issue

8

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • management
  • organizational theory power
  • resistance
  • discourse analysis

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0018-7267