Zhang, Zhongyuan, Spicer, Andre and Hancock, Philip. (2008) Hyper-Organizational Space in the Work of J. G. Ballard. Organization, Vol.15 (No.6). pp. 889-910. ISSN 1350-5084

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Abstract

This paper explores three hyper-organizational spaces: the skyscraper, the resort and the office-park. Drawing on Henri Lefebvre's account of the production of space, we consider how these spaces are socially produced, how they materialize relations of power and how inhabitants engage in struggle to change these spaces. Three novels by J. G. Ballard are selected to explore each of these spaces. We argue that in each of these novels, such hyper-organizational environments can be understood as the product of ongoing struggle between centrally planned and practiced space, and peripheral lived space. This both animates these spaces and the lived relations that comprise them, as well as potentially destroying them.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	Organization
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	1350-5084
Date:	November 2008
Volume:	Vol.15
Number:	No.6
Number of Pages:	22
Page Range:	pp. 889-910
Identification Number:	10.1177/1350508408095819
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/29137

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