Towards a Performative Theory of Resistance: Senior Managers and Revolting Subject(ivitie)s

• Published in: Organization studies Vol. 38; no. 9; pp. 1209 - 1232
• Main Authors: Harding, Nancy Helen, Ford, Jackie, Lee, Hugh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2017; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Ability; Butler, Judith; Discourses; Identity; Interviews; Management; Organization studies; Organization theory; Performativity; Power; Resistance; Senior managers; Strategic planning; Talent management; Barad; senior managers; new materialism; Butler; performativity; resistance

This article develops a performative theory of resistance. It uses Judith Butler’s and Karen Barad’s theories of performativity to explore how resistance (to organizational strategies and policies) and resistants (those who resist such strategies and policies) co-emerge, within and through complex i...