‘Be a model, not a critic’: Self-help culture, implicit censorship and the silent organization

• Published in: Organization (London, England) Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 83 - 105
• Main Author: du Plessis, Erik Mygind
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2022; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Butler, Judith; Capitalism; Censorship; Employees; Habits; Organizational culture; Self help; Workplaces; foreclosure; Employee silence; implicit censorship; Judith Butler; self-help

This article seeks to explain ‘silent organizations’ (i.e. organizations with an absence of critical voices) through an analytical perspective derived from Judith Butler’s work on censorship, and in this way suggest an alternative to explanations in the existing literature on employee silence, which...