Speaking truth to power: the academic as jester stimulating management learning

Stewart Clegg; Miguel Pina e Cunha; Arménio Rego; Marco Berti

doi:10.1177/13505076211038080

Speaking truth to power: the academic as jester stimulating management learning

Stewart Clegg
, Miguel Pina e Cunha^*
, Arménio Rego
, Marco Berti

^*Autor correspondente para este trabalho

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11 Citações (Scopus)

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The jester embodies an ancient social institution, which serves a paradoxical purpose: to mitigate the excesses of power, while serving and supporting the ruler through a license to jest. The metaphor of the jester, used constructively, offers a unique window on the contradictions of organizational studies and their paradoxical role in relation to corporate practices. We explore how jesting may inform academic work through using humour and laughter to deconstruct organizational taboos and convey truth to power. We suggest that academic jesting constitute a wise and undervalued way in which management learning can occur.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (de-até)	547-565
Número de páginas	19
Revista	Management Learning
Volume	53
Número de emissão	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/13505076211038080
Estado da publicação	Publicado - jul. 2022

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CEGE: Research Center in Management and Economics
Silva, M. (Professor Catedrático), Sousa, R. (Professor Catedrático), Alves, P. (Professor Auxiliar), Madsen, A. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Lourenço, A. (Professor Associado), Carvalho, A. S. (Professor Associado), Andrade, A. (Professor Auxiliar), Silva, P. D. (Professor Associado), Vlačić, B. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Martins, C. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Gomes, C. (Investigador Auxiliar), Gevrek, Z. E. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Oliveira, F. G. D. (Professor Associado), Faria, G. (Professor Associado Convidado), Marreiros, H. (Bolseiro), Pinho, J. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Machado, J. (Professor Associado), Araújo, J. (Investigador Auxiliar), Pinto, J. (Professor Auxiliar), Rego, A. (Professor Catedrático), Gaspar, J. M. (Investigador Auxiliar), Corbo, L. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Costa, L. (Professor Associado), Fernandes, L. (Professor Auxiliar), Sottomayor, M. (Professor Auxiliar), Martins, N. (Professor Catedrático), Hernández-Marrero, P. (Investigador Auxiliar), Gonçalves, R. (Professor Associado), Ribeiro, R. (PI), Coelho, S. L. (Docente Assistente), Pereira, S. M. (Investigador Auxiliar), Silva, S. (Professor Associado), Rodrigues, V. (Professor Associado), Sotiros, D. G. (Investigador Auxiliar), Valverde, C. (Professor Auxiliar), Leitão, A. (Professor Auxiliar), Julião, J. (Professor Auxiliar), Tavares, M. (Professor Auxiliar), Lages, C. R. (Investigador Auxiliar), Elmashhara, M. G. (Investigador Auxiliar) & Teymourifar, A. (Investigador Auxiliar)
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