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Kenny, K., Fotaki, Marianna and Vandekherckove, W. (2020) Whistleblower subjectivities : organization and passionate attachment. Organization Studies, 41 (3). pp. 323-343. doi:10.1177/0170840618814558 ISSN 0170-8406.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840618814558
Abstract
What is the nature of whistleblower subjectivity? In this article, we depart from current scholarly depictions of this figure as a fearless truth-teller who is fully independent of the organization. We argue for a new framing that sees the selfconstruction of the whistleblower as infused with passionate attachments to organizational and professional norms, even after one experiences severe reprisals. We base our claims on recently-gathered empirical data and draw on Judith Butler to theorize how, contrary to existing understandings, passionate attachments to one’s organization and profession shape whistleblower subjectivity, rather than conscious risk-taking, or autonomous self-reinvention. Our second contribution is to highlight the importance of practical and material supports for this vital figure in society; until now the whistleblower has been idealized as an extraordinary hero rather than a real human in need of assistance. Overall, we propose a new theorization of the whistleblower involving passionate investments in the organization or profession that has cast one out.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Operational Research & Management Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Whistle blowing, Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984, Butler, Judith, 1956-, Freedom of speech, Organizational sociology | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Organization Studies | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0170-8406 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 1 March 2020 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 41 | ||||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 323-343 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0170840618814558 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. Kenny, K., Fotaki, M. and Vandekherckove, W. (2018) Whistleblower subjectivities : organization and passionate attachment. Organization Studies (in Press) Copyright © 2018 SAGE. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840618814558 | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 August 2018 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 August 2018 | ||||||||||
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