Storytelling in the creation and maintenance of organizational tension and stratification

James E. Helmer
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This qualitative field study describes the organizational storytelling in naturally occurring contexts at a harness racetrack. It explores how three organizational tensions—administration vs. horsemen, “chemists” vs. honest horsemen, and men vs. women—are produced and reproduced through storytelling. The author argues that storytelling creates and sustains symbolic oppositions that enable members to position themselves and others in the organization. Thus storytelling serves to stratify the organization along lines of power and authority, gender, and ethics.
讲故事在创造和维持组织紧张和分层
这个定性的实地研究描述了在赛马场上自然发生的情境中组织的故事叙述。它探讨了三种组织张力——管理vs.骑士,“化学家”vs.诚实的骑士,以及男人vs.女人——是如何通过叙事产生和再现的。作者认为,讲故事创造并维持了象征性的对立,使成员能够在组织中定位自己和他人。因此,讲故事有助于按照权力和权威、性别和道德标准对组织进行分层。
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