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Though it is widely understood that the past can be an important resource for organizations, less is known about the micro-level skills and choices that help to materialise different representations of the past. We understand these micro-level skills and choices as a practice: “memory work” – a banner term gathering various activities that provide the scaffolding for a shared past. Seeking to learn from a context where memory work is central, we share insights from a quasi-longitudinal study of UK museum employees. We theorise three ideal-typic regimes of memory work, namely representing, re-presenting and producing the past, and detail the micro-practices through which these regimes are enacted. Through explaining the key features of memory work in this context, our paper offers novel, broader insights into the relationship between occupations and memory work, showing how occupations differ in their understanding of memory and how this shapes their memory work.
Author(s): Aroles J, Morrell K, Granter E, Liang Y
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Management Studies
Year: 2024
Pages: Epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 28/02/2024
Acceptance date: 05/02/2024
Date deposited: 12/02/2024
ISSN (print): 0022-2380
ISSN (electronic): 1467-6486
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13059
DOI: 10.1111/joms.13059
ePrints DOI: 10.57711/tqes-3623
Data Access Statement: Data supporting this study are not publicly available due to assurances of confidentiality given to interviewees and institutions.
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