Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to convince the readers that more complex images of working women are needed, and that fiction may provide them. Design/methodology/approach: In this paper, text analysis is done using a version of close reading. Findings: Both media and research tend to...

According to many authors, so-called 'central planning' had disappeared from European countries by 1989. However, this is by no means certain. Many former centrally planned economies still engage in central planning, in both the private and public sectors. Moreover, there is a striking...

This paper compares a translation of a global (more specifically, European) regulation into two local contexts, setting this process in a broader context of the all-pervading risk management. The two countries are Sweden and Poland, both relatively untouched by the current financial crisis, and...

Purpose: This paper aims to describe and explain a contemporary phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach: This is an analysis of research reports and fiction texts. Findings: Universities use mergers and acquisitions to improve their ranking positions, ignoring the effects on research and...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to point out a worrisome phenomenon and suggest some ways of dealing with it. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is a historical analysis of references in organization studies. Findings: The finding of this paper concludes that the proportion of women...

This book presents studies of ways in which people and organizations deal with the overflow of information, goods, or choices. The contributors explore two main themes. The first is the emergence of overflows: What is defined as overflow? Here the notion of framing as coined by Michel Callon has...