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Decolonizing craft: A systematic literature review of indigenous traditional modes of production in Abya Yala 非殖民化工艺：对阿比亚亚拉地区土著传统生产方式的系统文献回顾

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-04-28 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261437673

Belinda Zakrzewska, François Bastien

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Alternative organizing, alienation and wage labour: Exploring the importance of democracy in UK worker cooperatives 另类组织、异化和雇佣劳动：探索民主在英国工人合作社中的重要性

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-04-24 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261437665

Kiri Langmead, Simon Parker

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How to not change the world: Actionism and pseudo-praxis in organization and management theory 如何不改变世界：组织管理理论中的行动主义和伪实践主义

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-04-09 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261434771

Simon Parker, Robert Cluley

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The power of lore: how occupational myths help precarious workers endure 爱的力量：职业神话如何帮助不稳定的工人忍受

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-04-09 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261434774

Robin Burrow, David Courpasson, Jonathan Morris

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‘We are the backbone of the community’: Precarious multiple employment and the complex dynamics of dignity in, out and between work “我们是社区的支柱”：不稳定的多重就业以及工作内外和工作之间的复杂的尊严动态

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261429840

Jo McBride, Andrew Smith, Miguel Martínez Lucio

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The communicative constitution of calling: From individual possession to relational processes of meaningful work 召唤的交际构成：从个体占有到有意义工作的关系过程

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261432546

Brenda Berkelaar, Patrice Buzzanell

{"title":"The communicative constitution of calling: From individual possession to relational processes of meaningful work","authors":"Brenda Berkelaar, Patrice Buzzanell","doi":"10.1177/00187267261432546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267261432546","url":null,"abstract":"Precarious employment, artificial intelligence (AI), and disengagement are eroding work’s role as a reliable source of meaning—namely, that one’s work is or should be one’s calling. Although psychological research typically frames calling as stable, beneficial, and individual; communication theory reveals it as collectively co-authored, relationally sustained, and thus inherently fragile and open to disruption. This tension raises the question of whether calling functions as a safeguard or becomes a source of added vulnerability when its promised meaning can no longer be maintained. Drawing on communicative practices and Communicative Constitution of Organization (CCO), we reposition calling as an emergent communicative process (rather than individual possession or ontological given) that takes shape through everyday talk, storytelling, and power-laden interactions. Purpose, therefore, is not possessed but continually constituted. This reconceptualization advances three shifts in the literature—from individual perception to collective co-authorship; from static ontology to emergent process; and from “having” to “doing” a calling. These shifts pivot theory toward process- and context-sensitive models; call for multi-level, longitudinal, and narrative methods to trace how everyday communication aggregates into institutional norms and identities; and reorient communicative practices toward cultivating spaces where diverse voices co-author adaptive callings through collective, ongoing sensemaking rather than imposed ideals of what constitutes meaningful work.","PeriodicalId":48433,"journal":{"name":"Human Relations","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147507842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Playing with trash: How gamification fostered the early adoption of zero-waste practices 玩垃圾：游戏化如何促进零废物实践的早期采用

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261431565

Olivier Cristofini, Thomas Roulet

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TMT cognitive and affective trust, psychological safety and corporate entrepreneurship TMT认知与情感信任、心理安全与企业创业

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-03-21 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261430254

Shirley Maud Acheampong, Samuel Adomako, Shlomo Tarba

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“He gives me everything all the time, and I feel bad that I can’t even throw him the ball”: Relational care agency in interspecies care work “他总是给我一切，而我却因为不能把球扔给他而感到难过”：跨物种护理工作中的关系护理机构

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-03-21 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261428980

Astrid Huopalainen, Suvi Satama

{"title":"“He gives me everything all the time, and I feel bad that I can’t even throw him the ball”: Relational care agency in interspecies care work","authors":"Astrid Huopalainen, Suvi Satama","doi":"10.1177/00187267261428980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267261428980","url":null,"abstract":"What might we learn about care and agency by attuning to the sensory dynamics of human-canine care collaborations? While most research on care focuses on humans, this paper extends the relational care work debate by engaging with interspecies care, foregrounding the nuanced relational care agency that entails nonhuman animal–human interdependency. Drawing on relational and interspecies care literature affording agency to nonhuman animals, we studied 13 assistance dog teams to explore how care is co-created between disabled humans and educated, yet vulnerable, animal workers. The empirical material includes ethnographic observations, interviews with human clients, and photographs. Our findings illustrate often invisible, nonverbal aspects of interspecies care, grounded in mutual trust and the aesthetic “reading” of one another, thereby contributing to a more granular understanding of relational care agency. Second, by showing how dogs, long understood through limited human conceptions, “shift” from care receivers to embodying agential care professionals who disrupt power dynamics and human-centered care norms, we nuance the carer–cared-for relationship in OS. Third, we offer novel insights into interspecies care, encompassing a broader range of animal-driven care practices than previous literature recognized. Finally, our study aims to foster more ethical relationships for working animals and humans alike.","PeriodicalId":48433,"journal":{"name":"Human Relations","volume":"92 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147495270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Editorial: Decolonizing academic publishing – Responding to systemic issues and disrupting the status quo 社论：非殖民化学术出版——回应系统问题和打破现状

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-03-17 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261433753

Nimruji Jammulamadaka, Penny Dick

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