Designing, creating and sustaining beautiful organizations : a research agenda

J.E. Aken, van; I.S. Lammers; M.C.D.P. Weggeman

Designing, creating and sustaining beautiful organizations : a research agenda

J.E. Aken, van
, I.S. Lammers
, M.C.D.P. Weggeman

Innovation Technology Entrepreneurship & Marketing

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Abstract

In this paper we discuss the beauty of and in organizations. The field of aesthetics in organization studies largely deals with the aesthetics of material artifacts in or around organizations or produced by them. We are interested in the intrinsic beauty of organizations and their work processes and in the possible relation between such beauty and performance. We are also interested in ways to design, develop and sustain the beauty of and in organizations. Literature in this direction is still rather scarce. This conceptual paper intends to contribute to a definition of a research agenda for developing aesthetic knowledge that can be used to design, create and sustain beautiful organizations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management proceedings (AOM 2009), August 7-11, 2009 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A
Place of Publication	Chicago, USA
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2009 - Chicago, United States Duration: 7 Aug 2009 → 11 Aug 2009 Conference number: 69

Conference

Conference	69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2009
Abbreviated title	AOM 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	7/08/09 → 11/08/09
Other	Green Management Matters

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