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Mats Alvesson

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Mats Alvesson (born 1956) is a Swedish management scholar and professor of business administration at Lund University, particularly known for having made key contributions in forming the field of critical management studies.[1]

Life and work

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Alvesson received his Ph.D. in psychology from Lund University in 1983,[2] and holds a chair in the Business Administration department at Lund University School of Economics and Management.[3] Beside his chair in Lund, Alvesson is affiliated as an honorary professor at University of Queensland Business School[4] and as a visiting professor at Stockholm Business School.[5]

Alvesson's research interests span the fields of organization and leadership studies.[6]

Selected publications

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  • Alvesson, M. & Berg, P. O. (1992) Corporate Culture and Organizational Symbolism: An Overview, Berlin: de Gruyter.
  • Alvesson, Mats, and Stanley Deetz. Doing critical management research. Sage, 2000.
  • Alvesson, Mats. Understanding organizational culture. Sage, 2002.
  • Alvesson, Mats, and Kaj Sköldberg. Reflexive methodology: New vistas for qualitative research. Sage, 2009.
  • Alvesson, Mats; Gabriel, Yiannis; Paulsen, Roland. Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say. Oxford University Press, 2017.

Articles, a selection:[7]

References

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  1. ^ Alvesson, Mats; Willmott, Hugh (eds) (1992). Critical Management Studies. London: Sage. p. 240. ISBN 9781446225660. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Alvesson, Mats (1983). Organisationsteori och teknokratiskt medvetande: en kritisk studie om rationalitet, ideologi och förutsättningarna för arbetslivets humanisering. Stockholm: Natur och kultur. p. 231. ISBN 91-27-01265-4.
  3. ^ "Mats Alvesson at Lund University". Lund University. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Mats Alvesson at UQ Business School". University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Mats Alvesson at Stockholm Business School". Stockholm University. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Mats Alvesson at SAGE Publishing". SAGE. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  7. ^ Google Scholar profile
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