Rethinking Dignity in the Workplace

A Relational Approach
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-367-23364-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: Humanistic Management

Dignity in the context of work organisations has been explored by a range of scholars globally, yet the potential of this interdisciplinary concept is overwhelmed by our commitment to outdated philosophies and the narrow paradigmatic concerns of academic subdisciplines. Bringing together the work of sociologists, philosophers, political theorists, and a wide selection of business and management scholarship, this book highlights areas in which ‘workplace’ dignity needs a rethink.

Starting with the foundational philosophical assumptions, this book challenges a deontological ethic and a simple atomistic view of persons. A specific thesis of dignity as emergent from social performance is presented which is informed by symbolic interactionism, actor-network theory, and liberal and feminist philosophy.

With organisational examples throughout, this radical rethink has serious implications not only for the study of dignity in the context of contemporary work activity but also respecifies how we think about our obligations to ourselves and others in networks of relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitchell, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 – Introduction to Relational Working Dignity Chapter 2 - Dignity as a Multiparadigm Concept Chapter 3 - Sensing and Justification of Dignity Chapter 4 - Dignity and Naïve Autonomy Chapter 5 - Recognition, Material Rewards and Symbolic Exchange Chapter 6 - Status Matters for Relational Working Dignity Chapter 7 - Dignity as Care for Relations Chapter 8 - Rethinking Dignity as a Practice in an Unequal World

Über Autor(innen)

Laura Mitchell is a senior lecturer in the School for Business and Society, University of York, UK. Laura has been working in higher education since 2007 and completed her PhD in Management at the University of Lancaster, UK, in 2011. Her work concentrates on organisational culture and ethics with a recent interest in gamification. She engages in the active practice of playful pedagogies.