.... Specifically, it draws on Merleau-Ponty's process-oriented phenomenology and post-Cartesian ontology to gain a comprehensive understanding of post-dualistic forms of chiasmic organizing and its relationship with paradoxical phenomena. Findings The process-oriented phenomenology and post-Cartesian ontology...

...Wendelin Küpers Purpose The purpose of this article is to develop a critical and extended understanding of practices in organizations from a phenomenological point of view. It explores the relevance of Merleau-Ponty's advanced phenomenology and ontology for understanding the role of the lived body...

... Practice Embodiment Merleau-Ponty Wisdom Play “Come in, Brother,” Jack said. “Business before pleasure, is always a good rule, whoever you are. Some day the rule shall be business with pleasure, for the joy of labor shall have been restored” (Ellison, 1995 , p. 304). The formerly sharp...

... Limited 2013 Organizations Organizational change Narratives Phenomenology Embodiment Metaphors Stories Merleau‐Ponty Metaphors and stories have been used for centuries by indigenous peoples, politicians, philosophers, artists, authors, and leaders to communicate, to convey ideas...