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Management paradigms in Finnish journals and literature between 1921 and 2006

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  • Hannele Seeck
  • Anna Kuokkanen

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This article examines when the information on central management paradigms first arrived in Finland, and how they have been discussed in Finnish journals. Our key findings reveal that rational paradigms - scientific management and structural analysis - dominated management discussions in Finnish journals until the 1980s, and that discussion on management paradigms in Finland in the twentieth century appears to have been characterised by a slow transition from rational ideology towards normative ideologies. We also found that Barley and Kunda's thesis (1992) regarding the alternation of rational and normative ideologies is not really applicable to Finland: it would seem that the emergence and adoption of paradigms coincide more with changes in economic and business structure and influences arriving from abroad.

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  • Hannele Seeck & Anna Kuokkanen, 2010. "Management paradigms in Finnish journals and literature between 1921 and 2006," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(2), pages 306-336.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:52:y:2010:i:2:p:306-336
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791003610709
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    1. Seeck, Hannele & Kantola, Anu, 2022. "The role of professional elites in shaping management practice: how the old mentalities condition the adoption of new management ideas," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 118461, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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