David Boje
Encyclopedia
David M. Boje is currently Professor and Bill Daniels Ethics Fellow, a past endowed Bank of America professor
of management at New Mexico State University
(NMSU) in Las Cruces. He has published over 120 journal articles, seventeen books, including Narrative Methods for Organization and Communication Research (Sage, 2001); Storytelling Organizations, 2008; Critical Theory Ethics in Business and Public Administration, 2008. His newest books are: Dancing to the Music of Story (with Ken Baskin), and The Future of Storytelling and Organization: An Antenarrative Handbook (Routledge, 2011).
He is best known for his 1991 Administrative Science Quarterly and 1995 Academy of Management Journal articles on 'storytelling organization
' in relation to currency of Sensemaking
sensemaking in organizations as Tamara (play)
-Land.This can be demonstrated simply by typing "storytelling" into Google scholar, as these two papers rank number 2 and 3 respectively. He is also founder of the Tamara Journal.
He invented the term "antenarrative" which is defined as the double move of a bet (ante) or a before (ante) of story on its way to narrative (Boje, 2011a) and is a part of the triadic theory of storytelling developed by Boje. His handbook on the subject claims to be the first volume to offer a systematic examination of non-traditional narrative inquiry in the management realm, organizing and developing its approach
He is known to teach barefoot
as a protest against sweatshop
s of multinational corporation
s in developing countries.
His work in antenarrative, a genre of storytelling, will be the subject of a special issue of Journal of Organizational Change Management in 2011.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of management at New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...
(NMSU) in Las Cruces. He has published over 120 journal articles, seventeen books, including Narrative Methods for Organization and Communication Research (Sage, 2001); Storytelling Organizations, 2008; Critical Theory Ethics in Business and Public Administration, 2008. His newest books are: Dancing to the Music of Story (with Ken Baskin), and The Future of Storytelling and Organization: An Antenarrative Handbook (Routledge, 2011).
He is best known for his 1991 Administrative Science Quarterly and 1995 Academy of Management Journal articles on 'storytelling organization
Storytelling
Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values...
' in relation to currency of Sensemaking
Sensemaking
Sensemaking is the process by which people give meaning to experience. While this process has been studied by other disciplines under other names for centuries, the term "sensemaking" has primarily marked three distinct but related research areas since the 1970s: Sensemaking was introduced to...
sensemaking in organizations as Tamara (play)
Tamara (play)
Tamara is a play by John Krizanc. It was premiered at Strachan House in Trinity-Bellwoods Park, Toronto, Canada on May 8, 1981 and published as a book the same year. Tamara won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 1982 -- one as outstanding new play, and another as outstanding production. In May, 1984,...
-Land.This can be demonstrated simply by typing "storytelling" into Google scholar, as these two papers rank number 2 and 3 respectively. He is also founder of the Tamara Journal.
He invented the term "antenarrative" which is defined as the double move of a bet (ante) or a before (ante) of story on its way to narrative (Boje, 2011a) and is a part of the triadic theory of storytelling developed by Boje. His handbook on the subject claims to be the first volume to offer a systematic examination of non-traditional narrative inquiry in the management realm, organizing and developing its approach
He is known to teach barefoot
Barefoot
Barefoot is the state of not wearing any footwear. Being barefoot is regarded as a human's natural state, though for functional, fashion and social reasons footwear is worn, at least on some occasions...
as a protest against sweatshop
Sweatshop
Sweatshop is a negatively connoted term for any working environment considered to be unacceptably difficult or dangerous. Sweatshop workers often work long hours for very low pay, regardless of laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage. Child labour laws may be violated. Sweatshops may have...
s of multinational corporation
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
s in developing countries.
His work in antenarrative, a genre of storytelling, will be the subject of a special issue of Journal of Organizational Change Management in 2011.
See also
-
- Organizational StorytellingOrganizational storytellingOrganizational storytelling is an emerging discipline in the study of management, strategy and organization studies. As an emerging discipline it is contested ground, with some academics describing it is a purposeful tool to be used by business people, and others describing it is a way of...
- Organizational Storytelling
- StorytellingStorytellingStorytelling is the conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values...
- Fabula
- Tamara (play)Tamara (play)Tamara is a play by John Krizanc. It was premiered at Strachan House in Trinity-Bellwoods Park, Toronto, Canada on May 8, 1981 and published as a book the same year. Tamara won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 1982 -- one as outstanding new play, and another as outstanding production. In May, 1984,...