Go and Say, "Wére Shutting": Ju Jutsu as a Metaphor for Analyzing Resistance
借用柔术这一防御性武术隐喻,通过案例探讨员工如何像弱者对抗强者一样,系统运用动作干扰对手平衡或攻击弱点,从而成功抵抗管理层的强制要求。
While it is well known that employees in organizations may successfully resist managerial impositions, relatively little is understood about how resistance operates. The present study utilizes a martial arts metaphor known as ju jutsu to generate insights for understanding how resistance is exercised. The ju jutsu metaphor was chosen because it is a defensive technique whereby a physically weaker person may resist a much stronger one. Ju jutsu as metaphor suggests resistance can be exercised by systematically employing bodily movements which disturb an opponent's balance and/or strike at physiological weak points. By exploring a case study of a successful example of organizational resistance, the ju jutsu metaphor is utilized to generate new perspectives for conceptualizing and analyzing the dynamics of resistance.