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Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] Organization [ISSN:] 1461-7323 [Volume:] 20 [Issue:] 6 [Publisher:] SAGE Publications [Place:] Thousand Oaks, CA [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 818-839
Publisher: 
SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
Abstract: 
In this article a new role for managers is advocated to create conditions for genuine collaborative engagement in 21st Century organizations. The new role is as a facilitator of emancipatory dialogue, a discourse among parties that can lead to mutual learning, deep understanding and insight, and collaborative consciousness and action. The facilitator role is described and illustrated in the article as a means to encourage free expression and inquiry, but the article also warns about the imposition of coercive norms within the work group that might be externally imposed or even self-imposed. As managers promote an emancipatory form of dialogic engagement, conversations ensue that bring out people’s individual and collective wisdom, creativity, and dignity.
Subjects: 
Facilitation
Dialogue
Deliberation
Emancipation
Managerial role
Post-bureaucracy
Critical management studies
Bohmian dialogue
JEL: 
D23
J52
M10
M14
M53
M54
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)
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