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- Title
THE POLITICS OF EMOTION: A FEMINIST READING OF BOUNDED RATIONALITY.
- Authors
Mumby, Dennis K.; Putnam, Linda L.
- Abstract
A poststructuralist feminist reading of Herbert Simon's construct. bounded rationality, is presented in this article. Following from this notion, it is maintained that even though bounded rationality provides a modified critique of "pure" rationality, this concept is grounded in male-centered assumptions that exclude alternative modes of organizing. Through a feminist deconstructive process, bounded emotionality is introduced as an alternative organizing construct. The premises, conditions of organizing, and implications of this alternative are discussed and illustrated. Finally, theorists are urged to move beyond the traditional dichotomy between rationality and emotionality, in order to question the assumptions that underlie traditional constructs and to create new grounds for future theoretical activities.
- Subjects
BOUNDED rationality; FEMINISM; HUMAN behavior research; WOMEN'S rights; SIMON, Herbert A. (Herbert Alexander), 1916-2001; ORGANIZATIONAL research; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior research; MALE domination (Social structure); SEX discrimination against women; POSTMODERNISM (Philosophy) -- Social aspects; POSTSTRUCTURALISM
- Publication
Academy of Management Review, 1992, Vol 17, Issue 3, p465
- ISSN
0363-7425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/AMR.1992.4281983