Organisational Misbehaviour

STEPHEN ACKROYD is Professor of Organizational Analysis in Lancaster UniversityManagement School where he is Head of the Department of Organization, Work and Technology. He has conducted various research projects in the NHS over the last twenty years (both alone and with doctoral students). Most of this research in the NHS has shared a focus on the organisation of professional groups within hospitals. This is only one of his research interests, however, and his recent books include: Organizational Misbehaviour (with P. Thompson), Realist Perspectives on Management and Organizations (edited with Steve Fleetwood), The Organization of Business and New Managerialism and Public Service Professions (edited with Ian Kirkpatrick and Richard Walker).

The first edition of this classic book put misbehaviour on the academic map. This second edition lives up to its predecessor: but rather than a simple update it extends the argument to important new areas such as managerial, corporate and professional misbehaviour. It does so in insightful, engaging and provocative ways. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in this important field.

• PART I: THE DISCIPLINARY FOUNDATIONS OF MISBEHAVIOURChapter 1 The Recalcitrant Worker: Historical Roots and Contemporary DevelopmentsChapter 2 Assessing Approaches to Organisational MisbehaviourPART II: THE RELATIONAL APPROACH TO ORGANISATIONAL MISBEHAVIOURChapter 3 Irresponsible Autonomy: The Infrastructure of MisbehaviourChapter 4 Manageability and Managerial Regimes: Confronting and Containing MisbehaviourChapter 5 Strategic Organisational Change: Corporate Management MisbehaviourPART III: DEVELOPMENTS IN WORKER MISBEHAVIOURChapter 6 Only Joking: from Sub-Culture to Counter-Culture in Organisational RelationsChapter 7 Social Media: A New Contested TerrainChapter 8 Ruling Passions: Sexual Misbehaviour at WorkChapter 9 Bully for You: Coercion and its Consequences in the Contemporary WorkplaceChapter 10 Resistance: Debates, Departures and New Directions