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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 705-710 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Organization |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
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- human resource management
- knowledge economy
- employment
- work
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing: some comments on the indeterminacy of Graham Sewell. / Thompson, P.; Ackroyd, S.
In: Organization, Vol. 12, No. 5, 2006, p. 705-710.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - A little knowledge is a dangerous thing: some comments on the indeterminacy of Graham Sewell
AU - Thompson, P.
AU - Ackroyd, S.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Critiques of the over-optimistic claims of theories of the knowledge economy and management are increasing (Thompson et al., 2001; Brown and Hesketh, 2004; McKinlay, 2005) and it is always good to add another to the fold. Graham Sewell's article in this issue makes a welcome interrogation of the rhetoric of empowerment and commitment associated with knowledge work and points to the persistence of control relations within the management of expert labour. The article rightly focuses on managerial attempts to codify and convert tacit knowledge as central to this process. On the other hand, as a contribution to the consideration of control in contemporary work, Sewell's analysis is not very adequate from both an empirical and a conceptual point of view.
AB - Critiques of the over-optimistic claims of theories of the knowledge economy and management are increasing (Thompson et al., 2001; Brown and Hesketh, 2004; McKinlay, 2005) and it is always good to add another to the fold. Graham Sewell's article in this issue makes a welcome interrogation of the rhetoric of empowerment and commitment associated with knowledge work and points to the persistence of control relations within the management of expert labour. The article rightly focuses on managerial attempts to codify and convert tacit knowledge as central to this process. On the other hand, as a contribution to the consideration of control in contemporary work, Sewell's analysis is not very adequate from both an empirical and a conceptual point of view.
KW - human resource management
KW - knowledge economy
KW - employment
KW - work
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350508405055944
U2 - 10.1177/1350508405055944
DO - 10.1177/1350508405055944
M3 - Article
VL - 12
SP - 705
EP - 710
JO - Organization
T2 - Organization
JF - Organization
SN - 1350-5084
IS - 5
ER -