Mats Alvesson (born 1956) is a Swedish management scholar and professor of

business administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion critical management studies.

Life and work

Alvesson received his Ph.D. in

psychology Psychology is the science, scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immens ...

from

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion School of Economics and Management. Beside his chair in Lund, Alvesson is affiliated as an honorary professor at

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

Business School and as a visiting professor at Stockholm Business School. Alvesson's research interests span the fields of

organization An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived f ...

and

leadership studies Leadership studies is a multidisciplinary academic field of study that focuses on leadership in organizational contexts and in human life. Leadership studies has origins in the social sciences (e.g., sociology, anthropology, psychology), in ...

Selected publications

* Alvesson, M. & Berg, P. O. (1992) ''Corporate Culture and Organizational Symbolism: An Overview,'' Berlin: de Gruyter. * Alvesson, Mats, and Stanley Deetz. ''Doing critical management research.'' Sage, 2000. * Alvesson, Mats. ''Understanding organizational culture.'' Sage, 2002. * Alvesson, Mats, and Kaj Sköldberg. ''Reflexive methodology: New vistas for qualitative research.'' Sage, 2009. *Alvesson, Mats; Gabriel, Yiannis; Paulsen, Roland. ''Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say.'' Oxford University Press, 2017. Articles, a selection:Google Scholar profile
/ref> * Alvesson, Mats, and Dan Karreman.
Varieties of discourse: On the study of organizations through discourse analysis
" ''Human relations'' 53.9 (2000): 1125-1149. * Alvesson, Mats, and Hugh Willmott.
Identity regulation as organizational control: Producing the appropriate individual
" ''Journal of management studies'' 39.5 (2002): 619-644.

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External links

Mats Alvesson
Lunds universitet {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvesson, Mats 1956 births Living people Swedish business theorists Academic staff of Lund University