Myths, Stories, and Organizations Premodern Narratives for Our Times

This title includes the following features: An original exploration ofseveral key issues in organization studies, using well-known narratives to offernew insights.; Connects the pre-modern, modern, and post-modern aspects of themyths and stories, and the aspects of organizational realities that thecontributors find within them.; Considers topics such as knowledge, leadership,postmodernity, and human relations in organizations.

Yiannis Gabriel is Professor of Organizational Theory, School of Management, Imperial College, having taught previously at Thames Polytechnic and Bath University. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London, where he also carried out post-graduate studies in industrial sociology. He has a PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. His main research interests are in organizational and psychoanalytic theories, consumer and cultural studies. He has written numerous books and articles and is well-known for his work on storytelling in organizations. He has carried out research on leadership, management learning, the dissemination of organizational knowledge, and chaos and complexity in organizations. He has been Editor of the journal Management Learning and is Associate Editor of Human Relations.