Mats Alvesson (born 1956) is a Swedish management scholar and professor of business administration at Lund University, particularly known for having made key contributions in forming the field of critical management studies.[1]

Life and work

Alvesson received his Ph.D. in psychology from Lund University in 1983,[2] and holds a chair in the Business Administration department at Lund University School of Economics and Management.[3] Beside his chair in Lund, Alvesson is affiliated as an honorary professor at University of Queensland Business School[4] and as a visiting professor at Stockholm Business School.[5]

Alvesson's research interests span the fields of organization and leadership studies.[6]

Selected publications

  • Alvesson, M. & Berg, P. O. (1992) Corporate Culture and Organizational Symbolism: An Overview, Berlin: de Gruyter.
  • Alvesson, Mats, and Stanley Deetz. Doing critical management research. Sage, 2000.
  • Alvesson, Mats. Understanding organizational culture. Sage, 2002.
  • Alvesson, Mats, and Kaj Sköldberg. Reflexive methodology: New vistas for qualitative research. Sage, 2009.
  • Alvesson, Mats; Gabriel, Yiannis; Paulsen, Roland. Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say. Oxford University Press, 2017.

Articles, a selection:[7]

References

  1. Alvesson, Mats; Willmott, Hugh (eds) (1992). Critical Management Studies. London: Sage. p. 240. ISBN 9781446225660. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  2. Alvesson, Mats (1983). Organisationsteori och teknokratiskt medvetande: en kritisk studie om rationalitet, ideologi och förutsättningarna för arbetslivets humanisering. Stockholm: Natur och kultur. p. 231. ISBN 91-27-01265-4.
  3. "Mats Alvesson at Lund University". Lund University. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  4. "Mats Alvesson at UQ Business School". University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. "Mats Alvesson at Stockholm Business School". Stockholm University. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  6. "Mats Alvesson at SAGE Publishing". SAGE. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  7. Google Scholar profile
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