Organisational Misbehaviour

STEPHEN ACKROYD is Professor of Organizational Analysis in Lancaster UniversityManagement School where he is Head of the Department of Organization, Work and Technology. He has conducted various research projects in the NHS over the last twenty years (both alone and with doctoral students). Most of this research in the NHS has shared a focus on the organisation of professional groups within hospitals. This is only one of his research interests, however, and his recent books include: Organizational Misbehaviour (with P. Thompson), Realist Perspectives on Management and Organizations (edited with Steve Fleetwood), The Organization of Business and New Managerialism and Public Service Professions (edited with Ian Kirkpatrick and Richard Walker).

PART I: THE DISCIPLINARY FOUNDATIONS OF MISBEHAVIOUR
Chapter 1 The Recalcitrant Worker: Historical Roots and Contemporary Developments
Chapter 2 Assessing Approaches to Organisational Misbehaviour
PART II: THE RELATIONAL APPROACH TO ORGANISATIONAL MISBEHAVIOUR
Chapter 3 Irresponsible Autonomy: The Infrastructure of Misbehaviour
Chapter 4 Manageability and Managerial Regimes: Confronting and Containing Misbehaviour
Chapter 5 Strategic Organisational Change: Corporate Management Misbehaviour
PART III: DEVELOPMENTS IN WORKER MISBEHAVIOUR
Chapter 6 Only Joking: from Sub-Culture to Counter-Culture in Organisational Relations
Chapter 7 Social Media: A New Contested Terrain
Chapter 8 Ruling Passions: Sexual Misbehaviour at Work
Chapter 9 Bully for You: Coercion and its Consequences in the Contemporary Workplace
Chapter 10 Resistance: Debates, Departures and New Directions