Purpose – This conceptual paper analyses cultural changes in the use of the concept of “play” in managerial ideologies and practices since the 1980s. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses Koselleck's approach to conceptual history in order to map how play is used in new ways by...

This paper explores some of the theoretical issues involved in the process of designing introductory undergraduate courses in OB (organisational behaviour). The basis of reflection for this study is the authors’ recent experience at Lancaster University. It focuses on undergraduate...

The recruitment of the next generation of workers is of central concern to contemporary HRM. This paper focuses on university campuses as a major site of this process, and particularly as a new domain in which HRM’s ethical claims are configured, in which it sets and answers a range of ethical...