Theorising narrative in business history

Mads Mordhorst and Stefan Schwarzkopf

Business History, 2017, vol. 59, issue 8, 1155-1175

Abstract: This article, and the special issue that it introduces, encourages business historians to reflect on the narrative nature of the work they produce. The articles provides an overview of how and why narratives came to occupy such a prominent status during the linguistic and narrative ‘turns’ of the 1970s. It then compares the different conceptualisations of narrative analysis that have emerged in historical research and in management and organisational studies. Finally, this introduction points out various ways in which business history can become enriched if its practitioners become more aware of the communicative, rhetorical and argumentative character of their work.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2017.1357697

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