Linda Smircich
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Linda Smircich (born 1948) is a Professor of Management in the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst where she teaches Organizational Alternative Paradigms.[1] She is part of the critical management studies approach field and a critical researcher in organizational culture and gender.[2]
Early life
[edit]Linda Smircich earned a B.S. from State University of New York at Oswego, M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University.[1]
Career
[edit]She served as Chair of the Management Department at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[3]
Research
[edit]Her research interests are in the fields of organizational behavior and theory; qualitative research, alternative paradigms; cultural perspectives on organizations and management; organization change; gender and organization, and feminist theory.[1][3] She is pursuing a cultural and critical perspective on organization and management.[3]
Her earlier scholarly writing were centered on organizational culture,[3] Smircich's publications are often co-authored with Marta Calàs and apply insights from cultural studies, postmodernism, feminism, and post-colonial theory to analyze organizational topics such as leadership, business ethics, and globalization.[3]
She is co-editor of the international, interdisciplinary journal Organization, together with Gibson Burrell, Marta Calàs, and Mike Reed.[3]
Recognition
[edit]- Outstanding College Teacher Award, 2009 Isenberg School of Management
- Distinguished PhD Alumni Award, 2008 Syracuse University Whitman School of Management
- Sage Award for Scholarly Contribution, 2006 Gender, Diversity & Organizations Division, Academy of Management
Slected publications
[edit]Books
[edit]- (1992) Organizations as shared meanings
- (1992) Authenticity in the superior-subordinate relationship : its measurement and relationship to commitment, involvement, role clarity, influence style, and satisfaction
- (1993) Rewriting gender into organization theorizing
- (1995) Critical perspectives on organization and management
- (1997) Postmodern management theory
- (1999) From "the woman's" point of view, feminist approaches to organization studies with Marta B Calás
Articles
[edit]- Gareth Morgan and Linda Smircich (1980) The Case for Qualitative Research; The Academy of Management Review Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct., 1980), pp. 491–500
- Linda Smircich and Gareth Morgan (1982). Leadership: The Management of Meaning. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 18, 257-273. doi:10.1177/002188638201800303
- Linda Smircich (1983). Concepts of Culture and Organizational Analysis. Administrative Science Quarterly, 28(3): 339-358.
- M. B. Calas and Linda Smircich (2014) Engendering the Organizational: Organization Studies and Feminist Theorizing. In P. Adler, P. du Gay, G. Morgan & M. Reed (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory and Organization Studies: Contemporary Currents. London: Oxford University Press.
- M. B. Calas, L. Smircich, and E. Holvino (2014) Theorizing Gender- and Organization: Changing Times. ...Changing Theories? In S. Kumra, R. Simpson & R. Burke (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Gender in Organizations. London: Oxford University Press.
- M. B. Calas, H. Ou, and L. Smircich (2013) ’Woman‘ on the Move: Mobile Subjectivities after Intersectionality, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Linda Smircich @ UMass Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brewis, Joanna (October 2005). "Othering Organization Theory: Marta Calás and Linda Smircich". The Sociological Review. 53 (Supplement s1): 80–94. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.2005.00542.x. S2CID 142515159.
- ^ a b c d e f The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory, At Home from Mars to Somalia: Recounting Organization Studies (Marta B. Calás, Linda Smircich)
External links
[edit]- Personal page @ UMass
- Brewis, Joanna (October 2005). "Othering Organization Theory: Marta Calás and Linda Smircich". The Sociological Review. 53 (1_suppl): 80–94. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954x.2005.00542.x. ISSN 0038-0261.
