In front of you is my dissertation—The never-ending story: Narrating the paradox of self-management in organizations. In this piece of work, there are four important elements: Theories, Reflexivity, Methodology, and Findings. In Chapter 2, “Literature Review”, I present the theories that I have used during the writing process of my three articles, as well as how reflexivity has been applied to previous organizational studies. In Chapter 3, “Methodology”, I talk about my role as a researcher and I explain the reflexive methodology I use in this dissertation. Chapter 4, “Findings”, presents the results of my research, based on articles, interviews, and microstoria on self-managing teams. In this dissertation, I have tried to develop a methodology that would possibly also be useful for a consultant, in that my purpose is to bring to light the stories that have been suppressed by the force of dominant stories. Organizational advisors or managers can use this methodology, obviously not to say, “We are equal”, but rather to alert themselves to their own limitations and to consider the need to invite more stories. There is no symmetry in the relationship between managers and employees, so the advice I can offer here is that the manager must be aware of his/her own dominant story and its power during the telling of it.

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T.W. Hardjono (Teun) , S.J. Magala (Slawomir)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Flory, M. (2008, June 6). The Never-Ending Story: Narrating the paradox of self-management in organizations. Dissertations (UL). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/12512