Although I have always been affiliated to Business Administration departments, I started out as an organizational anthropologist of sorts. I did my Ph D on the topic of the organizational culture in a Swedish evening newspaper. My research since has focused on topics like critical management studies, knowledge work, identity in organizations, leadership, organizational control, innovation and research methodology. I have previously held positions at the School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden -– were I still am affiliated –- and the School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg University. I am on the editorial board for Organization and Organization Studies. My work has been published in Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Organization, Organization Science, and Organization Studies, among others.

Books

1. Qualitative research and theory development: Mystery as method. (w. Mats Alvesson) London, Sage, 2011

Articles published/accepted for publication in scientific journals

23.  Alvesson, M.& D. Kärreman. Organization discourse analysis: well done or too rare? - a reply to our critics. Human Relations, 2011, 64, 1193-1202

22. Alvesson, M. & D. Kärreman. Decolonializing discourse: critical reflections on organization discourse analysis. Human Relations 2011, 64, 1121-1146

21. Kärreman D. The power of knowledge: learning from "Learning by knowledge-intensive firms" Journal of Management Studies 47, 2010,1405-1416

20. Alvesson, M., D. Kärreman, A. Sturdy & K. Handley: Unpacking the Client(s): Constructions, Positions and Client-Consultant Dynamics. Scandinavian Journal of Management 25, 2009, 253-263

19. Bergström, O, H. Hasselbladh & D. Kärreman: Organizing disciplinary power in a knowledge organization, Scandinavian Journal of Management, 25, 2009, 178-190

18. Kärreman, D. & M. Alvesson: Resisting resistance: the construction of compliance in a consultancy firm. Human Relations, 62, 2009, 1115-1144

17. Spicer, A., M. Alvesson & D. Kärreman: Critical Performativity: The Unfinished Business of Critical Management Studies. Human Relations 62, 2009, 537-560

16. Alvesson, M. & D. Kärreman: On the Social Nature of Explicating Mystery Construction in Theory Development: A Response to McKinley, Academy of Management Review 33, 2008, 543-545