What's age got to do with it? On the critical analysis of age and organisations

Thomas, Robyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7887-8679, Hardy, Cynthia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2612-7304, Cutcher, Leanne and Ainsworth, Susan 2014. What's age got to do with it? On the critical analysis of age and organisations. Organization Studies 35 (11) , pp. 1569-1584. 10.1177/0170840614554363

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Abstract

Age, as an embodied identity and as an organizing principle, has received scant attention in organization studies. There is a lack of critical appreciation of how age plays out in organizational settings, the material and discursive dynamics of age practices, how age discourses impact on the body, and how age and ageing intersect with other identity categories. This is curious since age works as a master signifier in contemporary society and is something that affects us all. In this introductory essay, we show how the papers in this special issue redress this lacuna by enhancing and challenging what we know about age and organizations. We also set out an agenda for stimulating research conversations to bring an age-sensitive lens to organizational analysis. We structure our analysis around two focal points: age as an embodied identity, and the symbolic meanings of age within organizing practices. In doing so, we aim to provide a catalyst not only for research on age in organizations but also about the aged nature of organizing.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Uncontrolled Keywords:	age, ageing, discourse, identity, older worker, youth
Publisher:	SAGE
ISSN:	0170-8406
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	17 September 2014
Last Modified:	04 Dec 2024 18:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/65379

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