Managerial Ideologies Dividing the Corporate Elite: A process study of the rise and fall of a counter-ideology
研究了一家大型跨国公司中跨国企业精英之间的意识形态冲突，追踪了反意识形态的兴起与衰落，揭示了推动意识形态变化的机制，并提供了组织内意识形态竞争的模型。
In this paper we refocus attention on managerial ideology. We analyze the dynamics of an ideological conflict among members of the transnational corporate elite in a large multinational corporation. Specifically, we trace the rise and fall of a counter-ideology. We identify the discursive, cognitive and social mechanisms driving ideological change and provide a model for ideological contestation inside the organization. Such multidisciplinary explanations have been missing in extant literature, which has either focused on more reductionist explanations of ideological change or on how ideological hegemony is maintained. We contribute a method to ‘excavate’ ideology – a deep sensemaking structure – from narratives. We conclude that managerial ideology is a useful, but often overlooked, concept for understanding how the ambiguity of managerial decision-making can lead to polarization and conflict.