Mats Alvesson (born 1956) is a Swedish management scholar and professor of

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, particularly known for having made key contributions in forming the field of critical management studies.

Life and work

Alvesson received his

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psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

from

in 1983, and holds a chair in the Business Administration department at

School of Economics and Management. Beside his chair in Lund, Alvesson is affiliated as an honorary professor at

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Business School and as a visiting professor at

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. Alvesson's research interests span the fields of

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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
/ref> * 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 Hugh Christopher Willmott, FBA, FAcSS (born 17 September 1950) is a management and organization studies scholar and academic. Since 2005, he has been research professor of Organization Studies at Cardiff University, and has also been Professor ...

.
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvesson, Mats 1956 births Living people Swedish business theorists Academic staff of Lund University Lund University alumni