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8 - Managerial Audiences and Fan Involvement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2021

Stefan Heusinkveld
Affiliation:
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Marlieke van Grinsven
Affiliation:
VU University Amsterdam
Claudia Groß
Affiliation:
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
David Greatbatch
Affiliation:
Management School at the University of York
Timothy Clark
Affiliation:
Singapore Management University
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Summary

In this chapter we ask: How and why do audience members become involved in using management ideas in their wider social contexts? Based on interviews with management practitioners who have attended management guru lectures, the findings presented in this chapter contribute to developing a broader understanding of significant, but relatively unexplored, areas of potential impact related to the social use of these ideas. First, by identifying three main forms of fan involvement associated with the use of management ideas which primarily occur outside an organisation (exaltation, socialisation and marketisation), the findings advance our view on the potential scope and primary aims of management idea use beyond organisational implementation. Second, we show how these forms vary significantly in their main drivers which are rooted in audience members’ differential skills sets and relevant communities – outside the setting of an organisation – they relate to. In addition, we show how these skills are made productive via different identificatory and commodificatory practices, and explain how these have specific implications for the broader impact of ideas.

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The Flow of Management Ideas
Rethinking Managerial Audiences
, pp. 161 - 186
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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