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Research paper thumbnail of Work, Play and Boredom

Research paper thumbnail of Work, play and boredom

This special issue focuses on the interconnections between work, play and boredom in contemporary... more This special issue focuses on the interconnections between work, play and boredom in contemporary organizations. The contributions seek to shed light on the way in which play is becoming increasingly incorporated within the world of work and open on to the question of how we might problematize this phenomenon. Boredom emerges as a prominent theme that provides a critical - if ambiguous - counterpoint to the management of fun and frivolity within modern-day corporations. Encompassing both sociological and philosophical reflections, the papers in this special issue add to ongoing debates around the politics of play currently taking place in the field of organization studies.

Papers by Martyna Śliwa

Research paper thumbnail of Framing impact

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Putting impact to work

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of “Catching up with ‘civilisation’”: reflections on language spread in Poland

Journal of Organizational Change Management, Oct 17, 2010

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to address the intensive spread of the English language in ... more Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to address the intensive spread of the English language in Central and Eastern Europe as an aspect of postsocialist transition. Design/methodology/approach -The paper analyses the discourses and ideologies related to the spread of English in postsocialist Poland, drawing on insights from critical discourse analysis and language ideology. The empirical material discussed comprises newspaper articles dealing with the topic of language policy in Poland, with a focus on the media campaign, "battle for English". Findings -The paper finds that the spread of English is facilitated by powerful discourses propagating the knowledge of English together with the ideology of neo-liberal economic and social transformation. The exploration of the discourses inherent in the story of the "battle for English" enables the links between the linguistic practices applied by individual actors and the ideologies conveyed by the discourses found in mainstream media to be made explicit. Research limitations/implications -An awareness of the mechanisms of discourse and ideology allows us to question both the drive behind and the social impact of the spread of English in Central and Eastern Europe. Originality/value -The paper offers a novel theoretical and empirical contribution to the understanding on postsocialist transition.

Research paper thumbnail of Classroom diversity, infinite potential and the Bildung of debt

Research paper thumbnail of Where to publish and not perish?

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Aug 5, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Academic debates surrounding impact and relevance of BMS research

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of <i>Management Learning</i> in a time of crisis and opportunity

Management Learning, Feb 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of On forgiveness and letting go

Management Learning, Oct 20, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The influence of the impact agenda on organisational inequalities

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Towards an aspirational future: Cultivating ontological empathy within the ethos of <i>Management Learning</i>

Management Learning, Apr 1, 2022

As we write this editorial in January 2022, we look back on 2021 and we look ahead to another yea... more As we write this editorial in January 2022, we look back on 2021 and we look ahead to another year of curating Management Learning together with a fantastic team of Associate Editors, a wonderful Editorial Assistant, a supportive publisher, and the community of International Editorial Board members, reviewers, and, of course, our readers. We have said ‘goodbye’ to 2021: another year replete with challenges and uncertainties, which, for this journal, has turned out to be very successful. Management Learning has continued to publish high quality, original, critical and reflexive scholarship on organisations and learning. Our 2-year impact factor has risen to 4.952. As a team, we have stuck together and grown closer. We were sad to see the term of Todd Bridgman as Co-Editor-inChief and Alexia Panayiotou as Associate Editor come to an end, and we thank them for the excellent and deeply committed work on leading and shaping this journal. At the same time, we are truly excited to welcome Ajnesh Prasad as the new Co-Editor-in-Chief of Management Learning. It is clear that 2022 has started for the journal on a high note and with a lot of enthusiasm, ambition and hope. We take this beginning of the new year — and the change in the composition of the team of Co-Editors-in-Chief – as an opportunity for reflection on our ethical commitments as Editors-inChief of Management Learning. What are we committed to as journal editors, especially while working under the current circumstances and given the institutional pressures of contemporary business schools? What does this mean to us? How do we put these commitments into practice?

Research paper thumbnail of The novel and organization: introduction from the Editors

Journal of Organizational Change Management, Jul 3, 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to conceptualise the relationship between novels and organiza... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to conceptualise the relationship between novels and organizational change and to introduce this special issue of theJournal of Organizational Change Management.Design/methodology/approachThe themes of the special issue are discussed and each paper is introduced.FindingsThe relationship between novels and organizational change is a complex, iterative one that should be understood in its historical, political, economic and cultural context. If so understood, novels can enhance our understanding of organizational processes.Originality/valueAlthough literature and representation in general have been discussed in studies of organization and management before, the specific literary form of the novel has not been theorised in relation to the question of novelty and organizational change.

Research paper thumbnail of Critical Management Studies and Moving Towards Hope: A Dialogue

Management international, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Management Learning in a time of crisis and opportunity

Research paper thumbnail of Editorial: Throwing Shoes

Research paper thumbnail of The (un)intended consequences of impact: university, society, and economy

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of The Research Impact Agenda

Research paper thumbnail of The organisational contexts in which research with impact is produced: lessons from REF2014

The organisational contexts in which research with impact is produced: lessons from REF2014 blogs... more The organisational contexts in which research with impact is produced: lessons from REF2014 blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/11/24/the-organisational-contexts-in-which-research-with-impact-is-produced-lessons-from-ref What are the organisational contexts in which 'impactful' research is produced? Following an empirical analysis of a selection of REF2014 impact case studies, Neil Kellard and Martyna Śliwa discuss the links between impact scores and a variety of important contextual factors. In what might be seen as a challenge to the established hierarchy of HEIs, high scores for research publication quality did not necessarily correspond with high scores for impact case studies. However, the under-representation of both early-career and women researchers is a concern future evaluation exercises should seek to address. Note: This article gives the views of the author, and not the position of the LSE Impact Blog, nor of the London School of Economics. Please review our comments policy if you have any concerns on posting a comment below.

Research paper thumbnail of Contemplative Leadership: The Possibilities for the Ethics of Leadership Theory and Practice

Journal of Business Ethics, Aug 8, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Work, Play and Boredom

Research paper thumbnail of Work, play and boredom

This special issue focuses on the interconnections between work, play and boredom in contemporary... more This special issue focuses on the interconnections between work, play and boredom in contemporary organizations. The contributions seek to shed light on the way in which play is becoming increasingly incorporated within the world of work and open on to the question of how we might problematize this phenomenon. Boredom emerges as a prominent theme that provides a critical - if ambiguous - counterpoint to the management of fun and frivolity within modern-day corporations. Encompassing both sociological and philosophical reflections, the papers in this special issue add to ongoing debates around the politics of play currently taking place in the field of organization studies.

Research paper thumbnail of Framing impact

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Putting impact to work

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of “Catching up with ‘civilisation’”: reflections on language spread in Poland

Journal of Organizational Change Management, Oct 17, 2010

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to address the intensive spread of the English language in ... more Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to address the intensive spread of the English language in Central and Eastern Europe as an aspect of postsocialist transition. Design/methodology/approach -The paper analyses the discourses and ideologies related to the spread of English in postsocialist Poland, drawing on insights from critical discourse analysis and language ideology. The empirical material discussed comprises newspaper articles dealing with the topic of language policy in Poland, with a focus on the media campaign, "battle for English". Findings -The paper finds that the spread of English is facilitated by powerful discourses propagating the knowledge of English together with the ideology of neo-liberal economic and social transformation. The exploration of the discourses inherent in the story of the "battle for English" enables the links between the linguistic practices applied by individual actors and the ideologies conveyed by the discourses found in mainstream media to be made explicit. Research limitations/implications -An awareness of the mechanisms of discourse and ideology allows us to question both the drive behind and the social impact of the spread of English in Central and Eastern Europe. Originality/value -The paper offers a novel theoretical and empirical contribution to the understanding on postsocialist transition.

Research paper thumbnail of Classroom diversity, infinite potential and the Bildung of debt

Research paper thumbnail of Where to publish and not perish?

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Aug 5, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Academic debates surrounding impact and relevance of BMS research

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of <i>Management Learning</i> in a time of crisis and opportunity

Management Learning, Feb 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of On forgiveness and letting go

Management Learning, Oct 20, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The influence of the impact agenda on organisational inequalities

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Towards an aspirational future: Cultivating ontological empathy within the ethos of <i>Management Learning</i>

Management Learning, Apr 1, 2022

As we write this editorial in January 2022, we look back on 2021 and we look ahead to another yea... more As we write this editorial in January 2022, we look back on 2021 and we look ahead to another year of curating Management Learning together with a fantastic team of Associate Editors, a wonderful Editorial Assistant, a supportive publisher, and the community of International Editorial Board members, reviewers, and, of course, our readers. We have said ‘goodbye’ to 2021: another year replete with challenges and uncertainties, which, for this journal, has turned out to be very successful. Management Learning has continued to publish high quality, original, critical and reflexive scholarship on organisations and learning. Our 2-year impact factor has risen to 4.952. As a team, we have stuck together and grown closer. We were sad to see the term of Todd Bridgman as Co-Editor-inChief and Alexia Panayiotou as Associate Editor come to an end, and we thank them for the excellent and deeply committed work on leading and shaping this journal. At the same time, we are truly excited to welcome Ajnesh Prasad as the new Co-Editor-in-Chief of Management Learning. It is clear that 2022 has started for the journal on a high note and with a lot of enthusiasm, ambition and hope. We take this beginning of the new year — and the change in the composition of the team of Co-Editors-in-Chief – as an opportunity for reflection on our ethical commitments as Editors-inChief of Management Learning. What are we committed to as journal editors, especially while working under the current circumstances and given the institutional pressures of contemporary business schools? What does this mean to us? How do we put these commitments into practice?

Research paper thumbnail of The novel and organization: introduction from the Editors

Journal of Organizational Change Management, Jul 3, 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to conceptualise the relationship between novels and organiza... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to conceptualise the relationship between novels and organizational change and to introduce this special issue of theJournal of Organizational Change Management.Design/methodology/approachThe themes of the special issue are discussed and each paper is introduced.FindingsThe relationship between novels and organizational change is a complex, iterative one that should be understood in its historical, political, economic and cultural context. If so understood, novels can enhance our understanding of organizational processes.Originality/valueAlthough literature and representation in general have been discussed in studies of organization and management before, the specific literary form of the novel has not been theorised in relation to the question of novelty and organizational change.

Research paper thumbnail of Critical Management Studies and Moving Towards Hope: A Dialogue

Management international, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Management Learning in a time of crisis and opportunity

Research paper thumbnail of Editorial: Throwing Shoes

Research paper thumbnail of The (un)intended consequences of impact: university, society, and economy

Routledge eBooks, Nov 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of The Research Impact Agenda

Research paper thumbnail of The organisational contexts in which research with impact is produced: lessons from REF2014

The organisational contexts in which research with impact is produced: lessons from REF2014 blogs... more The organisational contexts in which research with impact is produced: lessons from REF2014 blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/11/24/the-organisational-contexts-in-which-research-with-impact-is-produced-lessons-from-ref What are the organisational contexts in which 'impactful' research is produced? Following an empirical analysis of a selection of REF2014 impact case studies, Neil Kellard and Martyna Śliwa discuss the links between impact scores and a variety of important contextual factors. In what might be seen as a challenge to the established hierarchy of HEIs, high scores for research publication quality did not necessarily correspond with high scores for impact case studies. However, the under-representation of both early-career and women researchers is a concern future evaluation exercises should seek to address. Note: This article gives the views of the author, and not the position of the LSE Impact Blog, nor of the London School of Economics. Please review our comments policy if you have any concerns on posting a comment below.

Research paper thumbnail of Contemplative Leadership: The Possibilities for the Ethics of Leadership Theory and Practice

Journal of Business Ethics, Aug 8, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of When the political becomes (painfully) personal: Org-studying the consequences of Brexit

Organization, Jun 19, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Micropolitical Dynamics of Interlingual Translation Processes in an MNC Subsidiary

British Journal of Management, Sep 3, 2018