Purpose – To show the reader that storytelling can be seen as a form of seduction based on emotional response and thereby preventing a change process within the organisation. Design/methodology/approach – Case study in relation to a psychoanalytic approach to text as a place for emotional...

Purpose – The aim is to analyse managerial behaviour using narrative analysis to identify stories that are often ignored, silenced or missed by the hegemonic managerialist narrative. Design/methodology/approach – An ethnographic narrative based on an 18 month period of participant...

Purpose – A description of the managerial impact on change processes during a takeover with middle management in the telecom industry. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is to use storytelling as a form of analysis of different positions within an organization, as described in a case...

Purpose – This paper aims to problematize the idea that organizations can be understood as written text. Most of the work done in narrative analysis for organizational studies (OS) relies on an interpretation of narrative which is anchored to the formalist/structuralist tradition. The aim is...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to give an account of a self‐evaluation process in a change programme within the US Coast Guard. Design/methodology/approach – This is an autoethnographical account as form of reflection on a leadership in position facilitating change within the...

Purpose – To show how the stories told by people in organisations need to be reckoned with in order to give change a chance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper's approach is a case study and analytical approach to storytelling. Findings – Stories are told from different perspectives,...