Mats Alvesson (born 1956) is a Swedish management scholar and professor of
business administration
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Overview
The administration of a business includes the performance o ...
at
Lund University
Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...
, particularly known for having made key contributions in forming the field of
critical management studies.
Life and work
Alvesson received his
Ph.D. in
psychology
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from
Lund University
Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...
in 1983, and holds a chair in the Business Administration department at
Lund University
Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...
School of Economics and Management. Beside his chair in Lund, Alvesson is affiliated as an honorary professor at
University of Queensland
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Business School and as a visiting professor at
Stockholm Business School.
Alvesson's research interests span the fields of
organization
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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 huma ...
.
Selected publications
* Alvesson, M. &
Berg, P. O. (1992) ''Corporate Culture and Organizational Symbolism: An Overview,'' Berlin: de Gruyter.
* Alvesson, Mats, and
Stanley A. 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
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* 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.
References
External links
Mats Alvesson
Lund University staff page
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1956 births
Living people
Swedish business theorists
Academic staff of Lund University
Lund University alumni