Metaphor in Organizational Research: Context, Modalities and Implications for Research — Introduction

By Joep Cornelissen, Cliff Oswick, Lars Thøger Christensen, Nelson Phillips. 2008

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• The Emergent Organization: Primary and Complex Metaphors in Theorizing about Organizations (2008, background): “In other words, the distinction between ‘surface’ and ‘root’ metaphors does not provide an account of how metaphors link together to form ‘chains of associations’ (Cornelissen et al. 2008; Oswick et al. 2004; Putnam and Boys 2006) or how and why certain metaphors are produced, alternated and interlo”
• Sensemaking in Organizations: Taking Stock and Moving Forward (2014, background): “, 2008; Patriotta, 2003) and the role of specific rhetorical tropes (Cornelissen et al., 2008; Musson & Tietze, 2004).”
• Path Dependence or Path Creation (2010, background): “In this regard, we are influenced by Weick’s (1995, p. 55) observation that ‘any old map will do’ – i.e. a plan serves as a stimulus for action (see also Cornelissen (2005) and Cornelissen et al. (2008) for related work on metaphors and analogies as the bases for stimulating imagination and action).”