Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between language, thinking and society for explaining the degree of visibility of the French organizational studies (OS) production. Design/methodology/approach – This paper proposes a sociological analysis based on Bourdieu...

For some years now in France, a lively topic of debate has been the language to prefer for publications in research in management, and even in other fields. The questions that arise are not specific to French-speakers, since they also concern other languages, including major ones. The language...

Cet ouvrage dresse le bilan des rapports que les sciences sociales ont entretenus avec le management. Puis, face aux pratiques managériales actuelles menées au nom de la compétitivité et de la rentabilité financière, il plaide pour que le monde de la gestion élargisse ses visions de...