TY - JOUR
T1 - Mundane objects and the banality of evil
T2 - the sociomateriality of a death camp
AU - Clegg, Stewart R.
AU - Pina e Cunha, Miguel
AU - Rego, Arménio
AU - Dias, Joana
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - In this article, we study one organization that played a pivotal role in the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s: the S-21 extermination center. We analyze, in particular, how processes of sociomateriality in the death camp contributed to create order and normalcy in an extreme and abnormal organization. A more nuanced view of agency ensues from this analysis, one that helps the understanding of how the creation of material spaces critically influences organizing, including the organizing of genocide.
AB - In this article, we study one organization that played a pivotal role in the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s: the S-21 extermination center. We analyze, in particular, how processes of sociomateriality in the death camp contributed to create order and normalcy in an extreme and abnormal organization. A more nuanced view of agency ensues from this analysis, one that helps the understanding of how the creation of material spaces critically influences organizing, including the organizing of genocide.
KW - Evil organization studies
KW - Genocide
KW - Objects
KW - Organization
KW - Sociomateriality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878435244&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1056492612461949
DO - 10.1177/1056492612461949
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878435244
SN - 1056-4926
VL - 22
SP - 325
EP - 340
JO - Journal of Management Inquiry
JF - Journal of Management Inquiry
IS - 3
ER -