Beyond Compare: Metaphor In Organization Theory

Abstract

Despite the increased salience of metaphor in organization theory, current perspectives are flawed and misguided in assuming that metaphor can be explained with the so-called comparison model. I therefore outline an alternative model of metaphor understanding—the domains-interaction model—which suggests that metaphor involves the conjunction of whole semantic domains in which a correspondence between terms or concepts is constructed rather than deciphered and where the resulting image and meaning is creative. I also discuss implications of this model for organizational theorizing and research.

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Joep Cornelissen (2005). Beyond Compare: Metaphor In Organization Theory. Academy of Management Review. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2005.18378876

@article{joep2005beyond,
  title  = {Beyond Compare: Metaphor In Organization Theory},
  author = {Cornelissen, Joep},
  year   = {2005},
  journal = {Academy of Management Review},
  doi    = {10.5465/amr.2005.18378876}
}

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