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Introduction to the special issue The evolving debate about critical performativity

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  • Isabelle Huault

    (DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Dan Kärreman

    (CBS - Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen])

  • Véronique Perret

    (DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • André Spicer

    (WBS - Warwick Business School - University of Warwick [Coventry])

Abstract

The notion of "performativity" (and the idea of the "performative") has recently gained traction in the organizational studies field (Cabantous & Gond, 2011; Callon, 2007; Huault & Rainelli, 2009). Some authors have even talked about a "performative turn" (Muniesa, 2014, 2017). Broadly speaking, the notion of performativity points to the idea that discourses (e.g. speech acts, theories) are not merely describing reality but contribute to enact the reality they describe. It is indeed used by scholars from different research traditions, ranging from Actor-Network theory (Callon, 2007), critical management studies (Spicer, Alvesson, & Kärreman, 2009) and gender studies (Butler, 1997).

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  • Isabelle Huault & Dan Kärreman & Véronique Perret & André Spicer, 2017. "Introduction to the special issue The evolving debate about critical performativity," Post-Print hal-04053328, HAL.
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