Social studies of expectations are premised on the notion that the future is brought into the
present, and thereby expectations about the future come to shape our actions, decisions …

There is an increasing managerial and scholarly interest in the agential efforts of firms,
consumers, public actors, and various collectives to influence market formation and …

This article introduces the Special Issue concerned with organizational spirituality,
symbolism and storytelling. Stressing the growing scholarly interest in these topics, the …

Some occupations are subject to more complex identity work processes than others. This
rings true for those professional endeavours that are relatively poorly known and that cannot …

Humans, more than ever before, pursue connections with legends and legendary figures,
not least at intentionally designed settings. This quest has endured for millennia as a …

Impact is of increasing importance to all researchers, given its growing centrality to those
who fund, assess and use research around the world. Delivering Impact in Management …

How can organizations capitalize on core stigma through spectacles? In this paper, we
adopt a performativity perspective to address this question. Specifically, we analyze how an …

Although previous research has investigated consumer mythopoesis (consumers' identity
work using marketplace myths), little is known about its enactment involving ambiguous …

This paper draws on magical feminism, a writing that engages in a critic of patriarchy
through inexplicable events that address gender inequality and the power of the oppressed …

This article seeks to theorize organizational magic. A vast literature in organization and
management studies has come to understand magic as an epiphenomenon, a by-product …