Bringing Morgan’s metaphors in organization contexts: An essay review

Recently, the issue of metaphors in organizational studies has fascinated researchers’ attention and interests, leading to a substantial body of research generating theoretical understandings, philosophical concepts, insightful meanings, and experiential interpretations. In this review paper, the re...

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Autores principales:	Iman Tohidian, Hamid Rahimian
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2019
Materias:	organizational metaphors organizational behavior review paper morgan’s metaphors philosophical concepts images of organization Business HF5001-6182 Management. Industrial management HD28-70
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e5b98d8a14bd48b48da6e5ee57bcee672021-12-02T16:09:30ZBringing Morgan’s metaphors in organization contexts: An essay review2331-197510.1080/23311975.2019.1587808https://doaj.org/article/e5b98d8a14bd48b48da6e5ee57bcee672019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2019.1587808https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975Recently, the issue of metaphors in organizational studies has fascinated researchers’ attention and interests, leading to a substantial body of research generating theoretical understandings, philosophical concepts, insightful meanings, and experiential interpretations. In this review paper, the researchers critically approached reading and reviewing the studies which have been undertaken so far in order to achieve an orientation in metaphorical research on organizations. So, at first, Gareth Morgan’s Images of Organization in terms of different metaphors were discussed and elaborated. Then, the review of a number of papers illustrated that a majority of research works on this issue focused on the theoretical and conceptual aspects of organizational metaphors without taking their practicality in real contexts into account. Based on this review paper, it is suggested that in order to enrich this area with innovative ideas, understandings, and insights, there is a need for further research which targets the practical use of metaphors in organizations.Iman TohidianHamid RahimianTaylor & Francis Grouparticleorganizational metaphorsorganizational behaviorreview papermorgan’s metaphorsphilosophical conceptsimages of organizationBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2019)
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description	Recently, the issue of metaphors in organizational studies has fascinated researchers’ attention and interests, leading to a substantial body of research generating theoretical understandings, philosophical concepts, insightful meanings, and experiential interpretations. In this review paper, the researchers critically approached reading and reviewing the studies which have been undertaken so far in order to achieve an orientation in metaphorical research on organizations. So, at first, Gareth Morgan’s Images of Organization in terms of different metaphors were discussed and elaborated. Then, the review of a number of papers illustrated that a majority of research works on this issue focused on the theoretical and conceptual aspects of organizational metaphors without taking their practicality in real contexts into account. Based on this review paper, it is suggested that in order to enrich this area with innovative ideas, understandings, and insights, there is a need for further research which targets the practical use of metaphors in organizations.
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Bringing Morgan’s metaphors in organization contexts: An essay review

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