Design and devotion: surges of rational and normative ideologies of control in managerial discourse.

American managerial ideology may have emerged in a different manner than originally believed. Historical data suggest that since the 1870s, American managerial discourse has been elaborated in surges that have alternated between normative and rational rhetorics. Standard theories of ideological ch...

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Published in:	Administrative Science Quarterly Vol. 37; pp. 363 - 400
Main Authors:	Barley, Stephen R., Kunda, Gideon
Format:	Article
Published:	Administrative Science Quarterly September 1992
Subjects:	Management philosophy Complex organizations Management United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost