TY - JOUR
T1 - Seductive Atmospheres
T2 - Using Tools to Effectuate Spaces for Leadership Development
AU - Elmholdt, Kasper Trolle
AU - Clausen, Rune Thorbjørn Jason
AU - Toft Madsen, Mona
PY - 2018/10/2
Y1 - 2018/10/2
N2 - This study applies an affordance lens to understand the use of management tools and how atmospheres for change and development are created and exploited. Drawing on an ethnographic case study of a consultant-facilitated change intervention among a group of research leaders at a Danish Public Hospital, this study investigates how a business game is used as a tool to effectuate episodic spaces for leadership development. The study reveals three tool affordances and discusses how they enable and constrain episodic spaces for development and further develops the notion of seductive atmospheres as an important mechanism. The article suggests that a broader understanding of the use of tools and the role of atmospheres is essential for understanding how episodic spaces for development come to work in relation to organizational change and development.
AB - This study applies an affordance lens to understand the use of management tools and how atmospheres for change and development are created and exploited. Drawing on an ethnographic case study of a consultant-facilitated change intervention among a group of research leaders at a Danish Public Hospital, this study investigates how a business game is used as a tool to effectuate episodic spaces for leadership development. The study reveals three tool affordances and discusses how they enable and constrain episodic spaces for development and further develops the notion of seductive atmospheres as an important mechanism. The article suggests that a broader understanding of the use of tools and the role of atmospheres is essential for understanding how episodic spaces for development come to work in relation to organizational change and development.
KW - Leadership development
KW - affordances
KW - atmospheres
KW - business games
KW - consulting
KW - tools
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044394104&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14697017.2018.1453856
DO - 10.1080/14697017.2018.1453856
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1469-7017
VL - 18
SP - 257
EP - 280
JO - The Journal of Change Management
JF - The Journal of Change Management
IS - 4
ER -