edpmpp
Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy
Erik Mygind
du Plessis
Assistant professor
,
PhD
Room:
POR/18.B-4.133
Tel:
+4538153578
E-mail:
edp.mpp@cbs.dk
515083

Presentation
My research interests revolve around dynamics of power and criticism in organizations, and the various ways they can play themselves out in contexts such as management, culture and subjectivity. For example, I have conducted research on the transformative potential of whistleblowing systems as well as the relationship between self-help culture and critique. Theoretically, I am primarily interested in post-structural and new materialist approaches, and empirically I try to look for spaces where ‘alternatives’ to dominant forms of organizing might emerge.
Primary research areas
- Power
- Critique
- Alternative organization
- New Materialism
- Foucault
Curriculum Vitae
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/edpmpp
Publications List
Publications sorted by:
2021
Erik Mygind du Plessis / How to Perpetuate Problems of the Self : Applying Foucault’s Concept of Problematization to Popular Self-help Books on Work and Career.
In: Culture and Organization, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1.2021, p. 33-50
In: Culture and Organization, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1.2021, p. 33-50
Journal article > peer review
Erik Mygind du Plessis; Justine Grønbæk Pors / Tørken i 2018 læst med Niklas Luhmann og Jane Bennett : Iagttagelser af (iagttagelser af) antropocæn uafgørbarhed.
In: Eklektiske analysestrategier. ed. /Emil Husted; Justine Grønbæk Pors . Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2021, p. 139-162
In: Eklektiske analysestrategier. ed. /Emil Husted; Justine Grønbæk Pors . Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2021, p. 139-162
Book chapter > peer review
2020
Erik Mygind du Plessis; Sine Nørholm Just / Amendatory Boredom : Working Through the Mundanity of Retail Banking.
Abstract from Meet the Editors Workshop, 2020
Abstract from Meet the Editors Workshop, 2020
Conference abstract for conference
Erik Mygind du Plessis; Bjarne Vandeskog / Other Stories of Resilient Safety Management in the Norwegian Offshore Sector : Resilience Engineering, Bullshit and the De-Politicization of Danger.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Management, Vol. 36, No. 1, 3.2020
In: Scandinavian Journal of Management, Vol. 36, No. 1, 3.2020
Journal article > peer review
Erik Mygind du Plessis; Sine Nørholm Just / Selling Advice : Escalation-oriented Practices and Resonance-sensitivity in Danish Retail Banking.
Paper presented at The 10th Nordic Working Life Conference 2020, 2020
Paper presented at The 10th Nordic Working Life Conference 2020, 2020
Paper > peer review
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Speaking Truth through Power : Conceptualizing Internal Whistleblowing Hotlines with Foucault’s Dispositive.
In: Organization, 26.12.2020
In: Organization, 26.12.2020
Journal article > peer review
Erik Mygind du Plessis / ‘Be a Model, Not a Critic’ : Self-help Culture, Implicit Censorship and the Silent Organization.
In: Organization, 15.7.2020
In: Organization, 15.7.2020
Journal article > peer review
2019
Sine Nørholm Just; Erik Mygind du Plessis; Klaus Hornebo Jensen; Jørn C. Nielsen / Bankrådgiveren i centrum : Kundeforventninger, regulering og virksomhedskultur.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2019, 45 p.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2019, 45 p.
Report
Erik Mygind du Plessis; Emil Husted / Five Challenges for Prefiguration Research
Paper presented at SASE 31st Annual Conference 2019, 2019
Paper presented at SASE 31st Annual Conference 2019, 2019
Paper > peer review
Mille Mortensen; Erik Mygind du Plessis / Mobning som (mod)magt : En foucauldiansk analyse af humoristiske krænkende handlinger i hospitalsarbejde.
In: Dansk Sociologi, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2019, p. 7-33
In: Dansk Sociologi, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2019, p. 7-33
Journal article > peer review
2019
Erik Mygind du Plessis; Sine Nørholm Just / Note to Self: Let Shit Go : Towards Critical Reconciliation with Progressive Self-development Practices.
Paper presented at SASE 31st Annual Conference 2019, 2019
Paper presented at SASE 31st Annual Conference 2019, 2019
Paper > peer review
2018
Erik Mygind du Plessis; Sine Nørholm Just / Alternative Meditations : Challenging Orthodoxies of Pathology and Status Quo in Academic Accounts of Personal Development.
Abstract from (Per)formative Diversity: Critiques, Struggles, Possibilities, 2018
Abstract from (Per)formative Diversity: Critiques, Struggles, Possibilities, 2018
Conference abstract for conference > peer review
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Serving Coffee with Žižek : On Decaf, Half-caf and Real Resistance at Starbucks.
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2018, p. 551-576
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2018, p. 551-576
Journal article > peer review
2017
Erik Mygind du Plessis; Pelle Korsbæk Sørensen / An Interview with Arlie Russell Hochschild : Critique and the Sociology of Emotions: Fear, Neoliberalism and the Acid Rainproof Fish.
In: Theory, Culture & Society, Vol. 34, No. 7-8, 2017, 7 p., p. 181–187
In: Theory, Culture & Society, Vol. 34, No. 7-8, 2017, 7 p., p. 181–187
Editorial
Erik Mygind du Plessis; Bjarne Vandeskog / Other Stories of Resilient Safety Management in the Norwegian Offshore Sector : Resilience Engineering, Bullshit and the De-politicization of Danger.
Paper presented at NEON-konferansen 2017, 2017
Paper presented at NEON-konferansen 2017, 2017
Paper > peer review
2016
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Hjælp til selvcensur : Et selvhjælpskulturelt perspektiv på den tavse organisation.
In: Sociologisk Forskning, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2016, p. 51-74
In: Sociologisk Forskning, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2016, p. 51-74
Review > peer review
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Hjælp til selvcensur : Et selvhjælpskulturelt perpsketiv på den tavse organisation.
In: Sociologisk Forskning, Vol. 1, 2016
In: Sociologisk Forskning, Vol. 1, 2016
Journal article > peer review
2015
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Magtens immunforsvar : Ytringsfrihed og kritikafmonterende magtmekanismer i det moderne arbejdsliv.
Roskilde : Roskilde Universitet 2015, 214 p. (Ph.D.-afhandlinger / Institut for Samfund og Globalisering. Roskilde Universitet)
Roskilde : Roskilde Universitet 2015, 214 p. (Ph.D.-afhandlinger / Institut for Samfund og Globalisering. Roskilde Universitet)
Ph.D. thesis
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Principper for indretningen af demokratisk legitime alternativer : Whistleblower-ordninger.
In: Social Kritik:Tidsskrift for social analyse & debat, Vol. 27, No. 141, 2015, p. 4-13
In: Social Kritik:Tidsskrift for social analyse & debat, Vol. 27, No. 141, 2015, p. 4-13
Journal article
2014
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Serving Coffee at Starbucks with Žižek : Revisiting ‘Decaf Resistance’ as an Analytical Concept.
Abstract from 9th Organization Studies Summer Workshop 2014, 2014
Abstract from 9th Organization Studies Summer Workshop 2014, 2014
Conference abstract for conference > peer review
2014
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Whistleblower-ordningens magtteknologiske potentialer : Heterogene styringsimperativer i en ny magtteknik.
In: Nordiske Organisasjonsstudier, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2014, p. 53–79
In: Nordiske Organisasjonsstudier, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2014, p. 53–79
Journal article > peer review
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Whistleblower-ordninger : Offentlighed, kritik og risikohåndtering.
In: Slagmark, No. 69, 2014, p. 139-154
In: Slagmark, No. 69, 2014, p. 139-154
Journal article > peer review
2013
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Det utilstrækkelige subjekt : En foucauldiansk analyse af selvhjælpslitterær selvstyring.
In: Dansk Sociologi, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2013, p. 7-29
In: Dansk Sociologi, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2013, p. 7-29
Journal article > peer review
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Koffeinfri kritik? : Žižekianske perspektiver på Starbucks-baristaers uformelle kritik.
In: Sosiologisk Aarbok. Ny Serie, Vol. 2, 2013, p. 85-112
In: Sosiologisk Aarbok. Ny Serie, Vol. 2, 2013, p. 85-112
Journal article > peer review
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2009
Erik Mygind du Plessis / Venstrefløjskopister : Interview med Ernesto Laclau.
In: Vision: politisk magasin, No. 1, 2009, p. 26-31
In: Vision: politisk magasin, No. 1, 2009, p. 26-31
Journal article
2020
Danmark følger ikke anbefalinger: Whistleblowere bliver ikke beskyttet godt nok
14/12/2020 // Akademikerbladet.dk // Troels Kølln
Ny whistleblowerordning stemples som "ubrugelig"
04/12/2020 // DM Akademikerbladet // Troels Køll
Ny whistleblowerordning stemples som ubrugelig
22/11/2020 // Ritzaus Bureau // Jakob Elkjær
Hvem vil nu have modet til at afsløre idrættens mørkeste hemmeligheder?
30/08/2020 // Jyllands-Posten // Thomas Møller Kristensen
2019
558 forskere og undervisere: Universitetets formålsparagraffer skal skrives med grønt
22/09/2019 // Politiken, Politiken.dk // 558 forskere og undervisere
Romerriget om kynisme
01/06/2019 // Radio24syv // Knud Romer
Outside activities
- Høgskolen på Vestlandet, 2018, 2019: Guest lectures in Corporate Strategy
- Høgskolen på Vestlandet, 2018, 2019: Examination
- Høgskolen på Vestlandet, 2019: Leader of assessment committee