Culture and Organization is the SCOS in-house journal. It is published six times a year by Taylor and Francis. The journal reflects the SCOS outlook and philosophy, and the editors are members of the SCOS board.
The journal started out as Studies in Cultures, Organizations, and Society in 1995, and changed to its current name in 2002. Amongst open and special issues, there is also a special issue each year devoted to the theme of a previous SCOS conference.
More information can be found at the Culture and Organization homepage.
Recent Articles
‘When AI has helped me get there, is it still my idea?’ identity dissonance in creative work under conditions of …
The article investigates how advertising creatives negotiate their identity in the context of generative AI’s (GenAI) increasing role in concept development. Based on expert interviews and netnographic discourse analysis, the study shows that GenAI disrupts familiar understandings of authorship, …
Amplifying embodiedness through life-art-writing: fleshy encounters as spaces for enlivening synergy and …
Neoliberal portrayals of academic lives as singular formulaic posturings in university settings are disembodying, dangerous, and unproductive. This productivity-driven narrative in academia is unfruitful and lacks an ethic of relational embodiedness. Arts-based research can recreate memories of …
Sacred materialities: transforming academic work through creative engagement with objects
This article proposes that engaging with posthuman spirituality can reveal new insights into how materiality generates meaning in academic workplaces. Posthuman theory can support an understanding of the materiality of meaningful academic work. This reframes spiritual engagement ...
‘Work from anywhere’ as a fashionable organizational trend
Since the planetary remote work experimentation ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea of working from anywhere, but an office, has become trendier. Seeking to attract talents, some organizations began to propose ‘Work from Anywhere’ (WFA) modalities. This paper explores ...
Scaling the castle walls: the affective, relational and attentional labour of innovation in the public sector
This paper explores the situated experience of innovation by managers in the UK National Health Service. We develop the concept of expressive production to theorise the agency enacted by actors who must innovate within systems that simultaneously demand and resist innovation. The concept is …
Organising domestic spaces of professionalisation: selective agency and labour precarity in esports
Drawing on semi-structured interviews and participant-led photography, this study investigates the labour precarity of esports athletes in processes of professionalisation, adopting a sociomaterial framework attentive to domestic spatial arrangements. In line with interest in homeworking within …
A Mestizo-inspired vista for organization studies: reconciling science and aesthetics in Latin America
Organization and management studies in and concerning Latin America are often caught between two poles: decontextualized universal theories or highly localized, critical decolonial perspectives. This polarity constrains dialogue and obscures the region’s intellectual contributions, …
The other in organizational studies: heterological encounters with Quilombola communities in Paraná
This article reflects on the possibilities and limits of heterological research in organizational studies through empirical engagement with Quilombola communitiesAfro-Brazilian groups historically positioned as ‘Other’ by colonial and racial structures in Brazil. Drawing on Michel de Certeau’s …
Multiplicity, discretion, and power: enacting school report cards under performance management
School report cards are key audit devices through which New Public Management is enacted in public schools. We examine how educational professionals enact school report cards. We draw on Mol's concepts of coordination, distribution, and inclusion as abductive sensitizing devices. …