scholarly journals Critical positions: Situating critical perspectives in work and organizational psychology

2021 ◽  
pp. 204138662110380
Author(s):  
Gazi Islam ◽  
Zoe Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Organizational Psychology ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Critical Management ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Critical Movement ◽  
Critical Perspectives

This paper argues that critical perspectives have constituted a marginal yet continued presence in work and organizational (W-O) psychology and calls for a reflexive taking stock of these perspectives to ground a critical research agenda. We argue that critical W-O psychology has been positioned between a psychology literature with limited development of critical perspectives, and an emergent critical management literature that has allowed their selective development. This in-between position has allowed critical W-O psychology to persist, albeit in a fragmented form, while limiting its potential for theoretical and applied impact. We use this diagnosis to reflect on how critical perspectives can best develop from within W-O psychology. We end with a call for developing a critical movement unique to the current historical moment, drawing upon without repeating the experiences of its home disciplines, in a future oriented and reflexive psychology research agenda.

scholarly journals The composition and formation of effective teams: computer science meets organizational psychology

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Andrejczuk ◽  
Rita Berger ◽  
Juan A. Rodriguez-Aguilar ◽  
Carles Sierra ◽  
Víctor Marín-Puchades
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Organizational Psychology ◽  
Team Formation ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Effective Teams ◽  
Human Agent ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
Cross Fertilization

AbstractNowadays the composition and formation of effective teams is highly important for both companies to assure their competitiveness and for a wide range of emerging applications exploiting multiagent collaboration (e.g. crowdsourcing, human-agent collaborations). The aim of this article is to provide an integrative perspective on team composition, team formation, and their relationship with team performance. Thus, we review the contributions in both the computer science literature and the organizational psychology literature dealing with these topics. Our purpose is twofold. First, we aim at identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the contributions made by these two diverse bodies of research. Second, we aim at identifying cross-fertilization opportunities that help both disciplines benefit from one another. Given the volume of existing literature, our review is not intended to be exhaustive. Instead, we have preferred to focus on the most significant contributions in both fields together with recent contributions that break new ground to spur innovative research.

The multilingual turn as a critical movement in education: assumptions, challenges and a need for reflection

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Sylvia Meier
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Theoretical Pluralism ◽  
Critical Movement ◽  
Critical Perspectives

AbstractThis study establishes the multilingual turn as part of a critical movement in education. It highlights the importance we ought to attach to how we understand the concepts of language, the learners and language learning and related terms, as such assumptions determine what language teachers and learners do in the classroom. A thematic decomposition analysis of 21 chapters, contained in two books both with phrase the multilingual turn in their title (Conteh and Meier 2014, The multilingual turn in languages education: Opportunities and challenges. Bristol: Multilingual Matters; May 2014a, The multilingual turn: Implications for SLA, TESOL and Bilingual education. New York: Routledge), confirms that new critical understandings of these concepts have developed in recent years. While there is not total accord, my findings showed that authors, associated with the multilingual turn, conceive languages as a resource for learning and as associated with status and power; the learners as diverse multilingual and social practitioners; and learning as a multilingual social practice based on theoretical pluralism, consistently guided by critical perspectives. While theoretically relatively well established, the multilingual turn faces important challenges that hamper its translation into mainstream practice, namely popularly accepted monolingual norms and a lack of guidance for teachers. The findings combined with previous research inform a framework to reflect on practice, which may, in the long term, help address the challenges identified.

Critical Management Studies and Paradox

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen van Bommel ◽  
André Spicer
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
Critical Management ◽  
Progressive Force ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Theoretical Pluralism ◽  
Critical Management Studies

This chapter examines the role of Critical Management Studies (CMS) in the exploration of paradoxes in organizations. CMS focuses on the study of paradoxes in organizational life and aims to address these paradoxes in order to reveal and question structures of oppression and contribute to a progressive force for emancipatory change. The paradoxical aspects of CMS are discussed and various paradoxes addressed by its scholars are explained. These paradoxes are examined from diverse theoretical traditions such as feminism, queer theory, colonialism, and the work of Marx, Weber, and Foucault. Notwithstanding this theoretical pluralism, CMS’ aim is to uncover the often unseen dynamics that shape almost all core organizational processes. The value of considering paradoxes from a CMS perspective is also discussed. Finally, suggestions about how to locate and examine hidden paradoxes are offered and a research agenda around CMS and paradox is presented.

scholarly journals What Are the Causes and Cures of Poor Megaproject Performance? A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliano Denicol ◽  
Andrew Davies ◽  
Ilias Krystallis
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
System Architecture ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Literature

This systematic literature review explores the megaproject management literature and contributes by improving our understanding of the causes and cures of poor megaproject performance. The review analyzes 6,007 titles and abstracts and 86 full papers, identifying a total of 18 causes and 54 cures to address poor megaproject performance. We suggest five avenues for future research that should consider examining megaprojects as large-scale, inter-organizational production systems: (1) designing the system architecture; (2) bridging the gap with manufacturing; (3) building and leading collaborations; (4) engaging institutions and communities; and (5) decomposing and integrating the supply chain.

Line managers in industrial relations: Where are we now and where to next?

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Townsend ◽  
Sue Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Management Literature

Interactions between line managers and subordinate employees are fundamental to the employment relationship and, therefore, to industrial relations as a field of both study and practice. Human resource management literature has focused on the responsibilities line managers have as implementers of employment policy and practice, for example in dealing with grievance and disciplinary matters, communication and involvement, the application of discrimination policies, and the management of pay. Thus, it is surprising that this body of managers has been neglected in recent industrial relations research. This article fits the theme of the special issue by providing an overview of ‘where we are’ and sets out a research agenda of ‘Where to next?’, for the study of line managers in industrial relations research.

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