The Institutional Work of Oppression and Resistance: Learning from the Holocaust

I. Martí Lanuza*, Pablo Fernández

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In recent years there has been an outburst of studies aiming to advance our understanding of how actors do work to create, maintain and disrupt institutions. Drawing on work on the Holocaust, a largely neglected event in organization theory, we explore types of institutional work through which actors first maintain domination and grant acquiescence to oppression and, second, target oppressive systems through acts of resistance. This approach offers an opportunity to study a familiar set of processes and phenomena on fresh terms and to focus on key elements that existing studies on institutional work have neglected.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1195-1223
Number of pages29
JournalOrganization Studies
Volume34
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Holocaust
  • agency
  • institutions
  • morality
  • oppression
  • resistance
  • work

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