Management research : European perspectives / edited by Sabina Siebert.

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction: is there a distinctive approach to management research in Europe? / Sabina Siebert -- Reflections on the distinctiveness of European management scholarship / Robert Chia -- In search of a soul of relevance for european management research / Tor Hernes -- Craft, magic and the re-enchantment of the world / Roy Suddaby, Max Ganzin and Alison Minkus -- Bruno Latour and Niklas Luhmann as organization theorists / Barbara Czarniawska -- Art, philosophy, and business : turns to speculative realism in European management scholarship / Pierre Guillet de Monthoux -- The strategy cycle : planning, paradox and poetry in the practice of strategists / Donald MacLean and Robert MacIntosh -- Resurrecting organization by going beyond organizations / Göran Ahrne, Nils Brunsson and David Seidl -- Corporate democratic nation-building : reflections on the constructive role of businesses in fostering global democracy / Thomas Boysen Anker -- Studying vicious circles to learn about reforms / Miguel Pina e Cunha and Haridimos Tsoukas -- The corporation as a political actor : European and North American perspectives / Andreas Rasche -- Professions and organizations : a European perspective / Mike Saks and David M. Brock -- European qualitative research : a celebration of diversity and a cautionary tale / Catherine Cassell -- European management and european business schools : insights from the history of business schools / Andreas Kaplan -- Turning a disadvantage into a resource : working at the periphery / Tammar B. Zilber -- Index.