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Mats Alvesson

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in Sweden

November 03, 1956

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Mats Alvesson är professor vid Lunds universitet och arbetar även vid University of Queensland, Australien, och City University, London. Han forskar och skriver om bland annat organisationskultur, ledarskap, identitet i organisationer och kvalitativ forskning och intresserar sig för fenomenet funktionell dumhet.

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	The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work by Mats Alvesson, André Spicer 3.63 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reflexive Methodology: New Vistas for Qualitative Research by Mats Alvesson, Kaj Skoldberg 3.76 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Triumph of Emptiness: Consumption, Higher Education, and Work Organization 3.70 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Constructing Research Questions: Doing Interesting Research by Mats Alvesson, Jorgen Sandberg 4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extra allt 3.41 avg rating — 39 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say by Mats Alvesson, Yiannis Gabriel, Roland Paulsen 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Organizational Culture 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tolkning och reflektion: vetenskapsfilosofi och kvalitativ metod by Mats Alvesson, Kaj Sköldberg 3.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Changing Organizational Culture: Cultural Change Work in Progress by Mats Alvesson, Stefan Sveningsson 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Real World by Mats Alvesson (editor), André Spicer (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Most of the time, it is not imbeciles or bigots who do the most stupid things. Some of the most problematic things are done by some of the smartest people.”
― Mats Alvesson, The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work

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“The advice that knowledge-intensive firms produce is usually presented as an authoritative final answer, but look behind the scenes and you discover that knowledge workers themselves are often very uncertain.”
― Mats Alvesson, The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work

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“Apparently the most effective way for firms to remain competitive is to ‘hire smart people and let them talk to one another’.13”
― Mats Alvesson, The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work

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