TEMPERED RADICALISM AND THE POLITICS OF AMBIVALENCE AND CHANGE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: MEYERSON, DE; SCULLY, MA
• 署名单位: University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.6.5.585
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 585-600
• 关键词: organizational change; ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVISM; WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT; MINORITIES IN MANAGEMENT; AMBIVALENCE; IDENTITY; fit; FEMINISM IN ORGANIZATIONS; marginality

摘要

''Tempered Radicals'' are individuals who identify with and are committed to their organizations, and are also committed to a cause, community, or ideology that is fundamentally different from, and possibly at odds with the dominant culture of their organization. The ambivalent stance of these individuals creates a number of special challenges and opportunities. Based on interviews, conversations, personal reflections, and archival reports, this paper describes the special circumstances faced by tempered radicals and documents some of the strategies used by these individuals as they try to make change in their organizations and sustain their ambivalent identities.