In defense of the comfort zone: against the hegemony of creative destruction

Jerzy Kociatkiewicz () and Monika Kostera ()
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Jerzy Kociatkiewicz: LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - Université Paris-Saclay - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], IMT-BS - MMS - Département Management, Marketing et Stratégie - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]
Monika Kostera: UJ - Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie = Jagiellonian University = Université Jagellon de Cracovie, Södertörn University College - Södertörn University College

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Abstract: In this chapter we argue that the in stark opposition to creative destruction as applauded by most mainstream writing in the field of entrepreneurship, one of the important and recurrent motifs in organizing are the attempts to acquire and solidify the sense of homeliness and familiarity in the workplace. We present material derived from an ethnographic study of alternative organizations and show how these workplaces provide homely spaces and a sense of belonging to participants and other stakeholders. Routine work not only takes up most of the time members devote to these organizations, but is also crucial for the creation and maintenance of stability, itself necessary for their longer-term viability: organizations persist only when they achieve a certain level of routinization, institutionalizing commonplace processes and activities. We argue that creation and presentation of the comfort zones for their members is a vital function of these organizations rather than an impediment to their growth, and that the widespread glorification of instability is harmful to management, organizations and society.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Creative destruction; Comfort zone (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-10-29
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Published in Anders Örtenblad. Against entrepreneurship : a critical examination, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.203-216, 2020, 978-3-030-47936-7. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-47937-4_12⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47937-4_12

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