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From a Logic Perspective to a Paradox Perspective in the Analysis of an EmployeeOwned Company

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  • Ann Westenholz

    (Copenhagen Business School)

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This article addresses the methodological question of how the researcher tackles the problem of only having access to empirical data through social interpretation processes (a second order social constructivism). It is argued that researchers can learn new aspects about an organization by replacing a logic perspective, predominant within western research, with a paradox perspective on the analysis of the organization. A paradox perspective rests on the assumption that mutually exclusive phenomena exist in the organization. This article describes the four phases of analysis which were developed when a paradox perspective was applied to analyse development at an employee-owned Danish newspaper.

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  • Ann Westenholz, 1999. "From a Logic Perspective to a Paradox Perspective in the Analysis of an EmployeeOwned Company," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 20(4), pages 503-534, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:20:y:1999:i:4:p:503-534
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X99204002
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    1. Ann Westenholz, 1991. "Democracy as 'Organizational Divorce' and How the Postmodern Democracy is Stifled by Unity and Majority," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 12(2), pages 173-186, May.
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