Agency Without Agents: Affective Forces, Communicative Events, and Organizational Becomings

IF 4.9 1区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

Organization Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-06 DOI:10.1177/01708406241266310

Nicolas Bencherki, Boris H. J. M. Brummans, Camille Vézy

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Abstract

How does agency emerge eventfully in processes of organizational becoming? This article aims to address this question by developing a process theory of agency based on Gilbert Simondon’s philosophical writings on individuation as a communicative phenomenon and Brian Massumi’s writings on affect. This theory views agency as an affective force, expressed as a communicative event, that governs the transition from one process of individuation to another, producing an enhanced ability to act and potentially leading to a collective process of transindividuation that is essential to organizational becoming. In turn, this article not only offers novel theoretical as well as methodological insights for organizational research, but also highlights researchers’ ethical responsibilities toward those whose individuation is precarious and who may not be able to partake in certain processes of organizational becoming.

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没有代理人的代理：情感力量、沟通事件和组织的形成

机构是如何在组织化过程中以事件的形式出现的？本文以吉尔伯特-西蒙顿（Gilbert Simondon）关于作为交流现象的个体化的哲学著作和布赖恩-马苏米（Brian Massumi）关于情感的著作为基础，提出了一种代理过程理论，旨在解决这一问题。该理论将代理视为一种情感力量，表现为一种沟通事件，它支配着从一种个体化过程向另一种个体化过程的过渡，产生一种更强的行动能力，并有可能导致一种对组织成为至关重要的集体跨个体化过程。反过来，本文不仅为组织研究提供了新颖的理论和方法论见解，还强调了研究人员对那些个体化进程不稳定、可能无法参与某些组织化进程的人的伦理责任。

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Organization Studies MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

11.50

自引率

16.70%

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