Park, Sunghee and Lunt, Neil orcid.org/0000-0002-4501-1999 (2017) Productive resistance within the public sector: exploring organisational culture. Public Organization Review. ISSN 1566-7170
Abstract
The article examines how South Korean civil servants responded to the introduction of pay for performance. Drawing upon 31 in-depth interviews with career civil servants, it identifies what became known as 1/n, a form of ‘discreet resistance’ that emerged and evolved. The analytical framework allows productive resistance to be seen as ebbing and flowing during organisational change that sees institutionalisation, deinstitutionalisation and re-institutionalisation. In understanding the cultural context of organisational resistance the contribution is three-fold. First, a nuanced definition and understanding of productive resistance. Second, it argues that productive resistance must be seen as part of a process that does not simply reflect ‘offer and counter-offer’ within the change management process. Thirdly, it identifies differences within groups and sub-cultures concerning commitment towards resistance and how these fissures contribute towards change as new interpretive schemes and justifications are presented in light of policy reformulations.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2017 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2017 16:33 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:24 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-017-0381-7 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11115-017-0381-7 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:111400 |
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