Spicer, André and Fleming, Peter (2007) Intervening in the inevitable: Contesting globalization in a public sector organization. Organization, 14 (4). pp. 517-541. doi:10.1177/1350508407078051 ISSN 1350-5084.

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Abstract

Drawing on data from a study of an Australian public broadcaster (the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), this paper demonstrates how the marketization of public sector organizations involves a 'discourse of globalization' that legitimates marketization initiatives by making them appear inevitable. This discursive dimension also becomes a site of contestation. We examine three oppositional groups that challenge the apparent inevitability of globalization through a range of discursive tactics. They are surfacing implicitly shared values, appropriating dominant themes of globalization, and recovering traditional notions of public service. The paper explores the socio-political effects of such discursive tactics as they relate to understandings of globalization 'from below'.

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
Official Date:	July 2007
Dates:	Date Event July 2007 Published
Volume:	14
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	25
Page Range:	pp. 517-541
DOI:	10.1177/1350508407078051
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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