Hancock, Philip (2020) Organizational Magic and the Making of Christmas: On Glamour, Grottos and Enchantment. Organization, 27 (6). pp. 797-816. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508419867205
Hancock, Philip (2020) Organizational Magic and the Making of Christmas: On Glamour, Grottos and Enchantment. Organization, 27 (6). pp. 797-816. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508419867205
Hancock, Philip (2020) Organizational Magic and the Making of Christmas: On Glamour, Grottos and Enchantment. Organization, 27 (6). pp. 797-816. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508419867205
Abstract
Drawing on qualitative research into the design, delivery and organization of Christmas grottos this paper offers a critical understanding of the role that a functional belief in organizational magic plays in their manufacture and operation. Utilising classic anthropological research into the cultural production of magical belief systems, I attend to how such magic is produced through a network of sociomaterial practices conducive to the commercial values of the Anglo-American Christmas. I additionally draw on contemporary literature on aesthetic and atmospheric organization in order to analyse the practical accomplishment of organizational magic as a mode of captivation and re-enchantment. The article concludes by emphasizing the increasingly commercial utility of a functional belief in magic as an organizational resource, highlighting the need for further empirical scrutiny, as well as conceptual and theoretical analysis.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Magic, Aesthetics, Atmospheres, Christmas, Glamour, Sociomateriality. |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2019 11:45 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 19:50 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/24883 |
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