an exploration of the paradox, passion, and power in <<bossless>> organizing. In this dissertation, I show how discourses …>> and its power implications on a societal, organizational, and relational level. First, the management trend is divided …, discursive reading of exuberant promises around a <<hierarchy-less flatland>>.The analysis illustrates how excessive claims evoke …

of concentrated power. The focus on hierarchy leads to some surprising discoveries. First, I find evidence that … individuals and put it into social hierarchy? The effect of this analytical shift is that we are forced to deal with the realities … rates of energy consumption, and that the growth of institutions can be interpreted as the growth of social hierarchy …