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My research studies how social norms are established or contested, with particular attention being drawn to the practices of corporations. How come certain practices are seen as 'natural' and 'acceptable' whereas others raise much concern and resistance?
I tackle these questions from a perspective that mixes philosophical questioning and ethnographic participant observation. My interest in normativity has brought me to study (and publish) in the fields of business ethics; organisation studies and social theory.
I worked as a management consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in the early 2000s, before doing a PhD in Cambridge (2002-06) and joining academia. After my thesis, I worked as Senior Lecturer at the University of Reading (UK) and as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Ontology (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland). I have also been active with the Occupy movement that purports to limit the contemporary excesses of capitalism.
I am open to PhD projects that consider the effects of contemporary organisations on society and that are anchored in the social sciences and humanities.
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Al‐Amoudi, I. 2024. Ontological unpredictability: what can realists say about unpredictability, contingency and catastrophe?. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 54(3), pp. 290-300. (10.1111/jtsb.12400)
2023
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2023. The politics of post-human technologies: Human enhancements, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Organization 30(6), pp. 1238-1245. (10.1177/13505084231189269)
- Varman, R., Al-Amoudi, I. and Skålén, P. 2023. Workplace humiliation and the organization of domestic work. Organization Studies 44(11), pp. 1853-1877. (10.1177/01708406231157034)
2020
- Foroughi, H. and Al-Amoudi, I. 2020. Collective forgetting in a changing organization: when memories become unusable and uprooted.. Organization Studies 41(4), pp. 449-470. (10.1177/0170840619830130)
2018
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2018. Review: Homo Deus: a Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari. Organization Studies 39(7), pp. 995-998. (10.1177/0170840618754662)
- Lindebaum, D., Al-Amoudi, I. and Brown, V. L. 2018. Does leadership development need to care about neuro-ethics?. Academy of Management Learning and Education 17(1), pp. 96-109. (10.5465/amle.2016.0220)
2017
- O'Mahoney, J., O'Mahoney, H. and Al-Amoudi, I. 2017. How can the loggerhead sea-turtle survive? Exploring the journeys of the Caretta caretta using ANT and critical realism. Organization 24(6), pp. 781-799. (10.1177/1350508416672738)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Latsis, J. 2017. The limits of ontological critique: from judgmental rationality to justification. Cambridge Journal of Economics 41(5), pp. 1303-1321. (10.1093/cje/bex039)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2017. Reflexivity in a just Morphogenic society: a sociological contribution to political philosophy. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Morphogenesis and Human Flourishing. Social Morphogenesis Springer, pp. 63-91., (10.1007/978-3-319-49469-2_4)
- Al-Amoudi, I., Edwards, T., O'Mahoney, H. and O'Mahoney, J. 2017. Introduction: de/humanisation and critical realism. Journal of Critical Realism 16(4), pp. 349-352. (10.1080/14767430.2017.1348713)
2016
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Varman, R. 2016. Accumulation through derealization: how corporate violence remains unchecked. Human Relations 69(10), pp. 1909-1935. (10.1177/0018726716628970)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2016. In letter & in spirit: social morphogenesis and the interpretation of codified social rules. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Morphogenesis and the Crisis of Normativity. Social Morphogenesis.. Social Morphogenesis Springer, pp. 113-139., (10.1007/978-3-319-28439-2_6)
2015
- Al-Amoudi, I. and O'Mahoney, J. 2015. Ontology: philosophical discussions and implications for organization studies. In: Greenwood, M., Mir, R. and Willmott, H. eds. Routledge Companion of Philosophy in Organization Studies. Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting Routledge, pp. 15-32.
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Latsis, J. 2015. Death contested: morphonecrosis and conflicts of interpretation. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Generative Mechanisms Transforming Late Modernity. Springer, (10.1007/978-3-319-13773-5_11)
2014
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Latsis, J. 2014. The arbitrariness and normativity of social conventions. British Journal of Sociology 65(2), pp. 358-378. (10.1111/1468-4446.12042)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2014. Morphogenesis and normativity: problems the former creates for the latter. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Late modernity: trajectories towards morphogenic society. Social Morphogenesis London: Springer, pp. 193-220.
2013
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Blanc, S. 2013. Corporate institutions in a weakened welfare state: a Rawlsian perspective. Business Ethics Quarterly 23(4), pp. 497-525. (10.5840/beq201323438)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2013. Authority’s hidden network: obligations, roles and the morphogenesis of authority. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Social Morphogenesis. London: Springer, pp. 187-204., (10.1007/978-94-007-6128-5_10)
2011
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Willmott, H. 2011. Where constructionism and critical realism converge: interrogating the domain of epistemological relativism. Organization Studies 32(1), pp. 27-46. (10.1177/0170840610394293)
2010
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2010. Immanent non-algorithmic rules: an ontological study of social rules. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 40(3), pp. 289-313. (10.1111/j.1468-5914.2009.00426.x)
2008
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2008. Relativism. In: Clegg, S. R. and Bailey, J. R. eds. International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. London: Sage, pp. 1-7.
2007
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2007. Redrawing Foucault's social ontology. Organization 14(4), pp. 543-563. (10.1177/1350508407078052)
Adrannau llyfrau
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2017. Reflexivity in a just Morphogenic society: a sociological contribution to political philosophy. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Morphogenesis and Human Flourishing. Social Morphogenesis Springer, pp. 63-91., (10.1007/978-3-319-49469-2_4)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2016. In letter & in spirit: social morphogenesis and the interpretation of codified social rules. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Morphogenesis and the Crisis of Normativity. Social Morphogenesis.. Social Morphogenesis Springer, pp. 113-139., (10.1007/978-3-319-28439-2_6)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and O'Mahoney, J. 2015. Ontology: philosophical discussions and implications for organization studies. In: Greenwood, M., Mir, R. and Willmott, H. eds. Routledge Companion of Philosophy in Organization Studies. Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting Routledge, pp. 15-32.
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Latsis, J. 2015. Death contested: morphonecrosis and conflicts of interpretation. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Generative Mechanisms Transforming Late Modernity. Springer, (10.1007/978-3-319-13773-5_11)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2014. Morphogenesis and normativity: problems the former creates for the latter. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Late modernity: trajectories towards morphogenic society. Social Morphogenesis London: Springer, pp. 193-220.
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2013. Authority’s hidden network: obligations, roles and the morphogenesis of authority. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Social Morphogenesis. London: Springer, pp. 187-204., (10.1007/978-94-007-6128-5_10)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2008. Relativism. In: Clegg, S. R. and Bailey, J. R. eds. International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. London: Sage, pp. 1-7.
Erthyglau
- Al‐Amoudi, I. 2024. Ontological unpredictability: what can realists say about unpredictability, contingency and catastrophe?. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 54(3), pp. 290-300. (10.1111/jtsb.12400)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2023. The politics of post-human technologies: Human enhancements, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Organization 30(6), pp. 1238-1245. (10.1177/13505084231189269)
- Varman, R., Al-Amoudi, I. and Skålén, P. 2023. Workplace humiliation and the organization of domestic work. Organization Studies 44(11), pp. 1853-1877. (10.1177/01708406231157034)
- Foroughi, H. and Al-Amoudi, I. 2020. Collective forgetting in a changing organization: when memories become unusable and uprooted.. Organization Studies 41(4), pp. 449-470. (10.1177/0170840619830130)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2018. Review: Homo Deus: a Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari. Organization Studies 39(7), pp. 995-998. (10.1177/0170840618754662)
- Lindebaum, D., Al-Amoudi, I. and Brown, V. L. 2018. Does leadership development need to care about neuro-ethics?. Academy of Management Learning and Education 17(1), pp. 96-109. (10.5465/amle.2016.0220)
- O'Mahoney, J., O'Mahoney, H. and Al-Amoudi, I. 2017. How can the loggerhead sea-turtle survive? Exploring the journeys of the Caretta caretta using ANT and critical realism. Organization 24(6), pp. 781-799. (10.1177/1350508416672738)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Latsis, J. 2017. The limits of ontological critique: from judgmental rationality to justification. Cambridge Journal of Economics 41(5), pp. 1303-1321. (10.1093/cje/bex039)
- Al-Amoudi, I., Edwards, T., O'Mahoney, H. and O'Mahoney, J. 2017. Introduction: de/humanisation and critical realism. Journal of Critical Realism 16(4), pp. 349-352. (10.1080/14767430.2017.1348713)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Varman, R. 2016. Accumulation through derealization: how corporate violence remains unchecked. Human Relations 69(10), pp. 1909-1935. (10.1177/0018726716628970)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Latsis, J. 2014. The arbitrariness and normativity of social conventions. British Journal of Sociology 65(2), pp. 358-378. (10.1111/1468-4446.12042)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Blanc, S. 2013. Corporate institutions in a weakened welfare state: a Rawlsian perspective. Business Ethics Quarterly 23(4), pp. 497-525. (10.5840/beq201323438)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Willmott, H. 2011. Where constructionism and critical realism converge: interrogating the domain of epistemological relativism. Organization Studies 32(1), pp. 27-46. (10.1177/0170840610394293)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2010. Immanent non-algorithmic rules: an ontological study of social rules. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 40(3), pp. 289-313. (10.1111/j.1468-5914.2009.00426.x)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2007. Redrawing Foucault's social ontology. Organization 14(4), pp. 543-563. (10.1177/1350508407078052)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2017. Reflexivity in a just Morphogenic society: a sociological contribution to political philosophy. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Morphogenesis and Human Flourishing. Social Morphogenesis Springer, pp. 63-91., (10.1007/978-3-319-49469-2_4)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Varman, R. 2016. Accumulation through derealization: how corporate violence remains unchecked. Human Relations 69(10), pp. 1909-1935. (10.1177/0018726716628970)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2016. In letter & in spirit: social morphogenesis and the interpretation of codified social rules. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Morphogenesis and the Crisis of Normativity. Social Morphogenesis.. Social Morphogenesis Springer, pp. 113-139., (10.1007/978-3-319-28439-2_6)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and O'Mahoney, J. 2015. Ontology: philosophical discussions and implications for organization studies. In: Greenwood, M., Mir, R. and Willmott, H. eds. Routledge Companion of Philosophy in Organization Studies. Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting Routledge, pp. 15-32.
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Latsis, J. 2015. Death contested: morphonecrosis and conflicts of interpretation. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Generative Mechanisms Transforming Late Modernity. Springer, (10.1007/978-3-319-13773-5_11)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Latsis, J. 2014. The arbitrariness and normativity of social conventions. British Journal of Sociology 65(2), pp. 358-378. (10.1111/1468-4446.12042)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2014. Morphogenesis and normativity: problems the former creates for the latter. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Late modernity: trajectories towards morphogenic society. Social Morphogenesis London: Springer, pp. 193-220.
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Blanc, S. 2013. Corporate institutions in a weakened welfare state: a Rawlsian perspective. Business Ethics Quarterly 23(4), pp. 497-525. (10.5840/beq201323438)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2013. Authority’s hidden network: obligations, roles and the morphogenesis of authority. In: Archer, M. S. ed. Social Morphogenesis. London: Springer, pp. 187-204., (10.1007/978-94-007-6128-5_10)
- Al-Amoudi, I. and Willmott, H. 2011. Where constructionism and critical realism converge: interrogating the domain of epistemological relativism. Organization Studies 32(1), pp. 27-46. (10.1177/0170840610394293)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2010. Immanent non-algorithmic rules: an ontological study of social rules. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 40(3), pp. 289-313. (10.1111/j.1468-5914.2009.00426.x)
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2008. Relativism. In: Clegg, S. R. and Bailey, J. R. eds. International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. London: Sage, pp. 1-7.
- Al-Amoudi, I. 2007. Redrawing Foucault's social ontology. Organization 14(4), pp. 543-563. (10.1177/1350508407078052)
Ymchwil
PhD supervision research interests
- The effects of contemporary organisations on society (anchored in the social sciences and humanities)
- Contestation and resistance
- Critical management studies
- Democracy
- Social theory
- Normativity and social rules
- Social transformation
- Violence
Addysgu
Teaching commitments
- Currently supervising a PhD student on organisational remembering and forgetting
- MBA module: Management Consulting
- Undergraduate module (year 3): Organisational Analysis & Change
Additional teaching
I have taught at the universities of Cambridge, Cardiff and Reading
- Philosophy of social science
- Qualitative methods of inquiry
- How to do a strategy audit (when you're alone and have got only 2 weeks...)
Bywgraffiad
Cymwysterau
- PhD (Cantab)
- Diplome ESCP-EWROP
Gwaith golygyddol
Adolygiad cymheiriaid ar gyfer cyfnodolion ISI wedi'u rhestru:
- Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (aelod o'r bwrdd golygyddol)
- British Journal of Management
- Cambridge Journal of Economics
- Journal of Management Inquiry
- Journal of Management Studies
- trefniadaeth
- Astudiaethau sefydliad
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
- Grant ar gyfer prosiect cyfredol ar awdurdod mewn cymdeithas morffogenetig: tua € 180,000. Dyfarnwyd gan Sefydliad Ymchwil Cymdeithasol Annibynnol (ISRF) yng Ngwanwyn 2011
- Grant ar gyfer Seminar Rhydychen ar Gonfensiynau a Rheolau (OSCAR): £10,000. Hydref 2009. Dyfarnwyd gan Abdul Lateef Jameel Community Services. Cais ar y cyd gyda Dr John Latsis
- Grant ar gyfer cynhadledd CIP. Darllen 21 Tachwedd 2008: £1,500. Cyhoeddwyd gan University of Reading
- Gwobr yr ysgol am gyfraniadau rhagorol i addysgu a dysgu. Prifysgol Reading 2008
- Cyfarfod AOM Trafodion Papurau Gorau (2007)
- Cynhadledd Doethuriaeth y Gwanwyn Ysgol Fusnes Judge Business School (2006, Caergrawnt). Gwobr papur gorau
- Coleg Wolfson/Bwrsari Ymddiriedolaeth Newton (2006, Caergrawnt)
- Efrydiaeth PhD ESRC (2003, Caergrawnt). Ffioedd dysgu wedi'u cwmpasu am 3 blynedd
- Gwobr Ymddiriedolaeth Ewropeaidd Caergrawnt (Hydref 2002, Caergrawnt)
- Gwobr ESCP mewn traethawd celfyddydau a dyniaethau (1997, Paris): "Borges and the Palimpsest".
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Grŵp Ontoleg Gymdeithasol Caergrawnt
- Grŵp Ymchwil Sefydliad Caerdydd, Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd
- Canolfan Ontoleg Gymdeithasol
- Organisation, Carrières et Nouvelles Élites, Ysgol Fusnes Emlyon
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
Gweithiais fel ymgynghorydd rheoli ar gyfer Grŵp Ymgynghori Boston yn gynnar yn y 2000au, cyn gwneud PhD yng Nghaergrawnt (2002-06) ac ymuno â'r byd academaidd. Ar ôl fy nhraethawd ymchwil, gweithiais fel Uwch-ddarlithydd ym Mhrifysgol Reading (DU) ac fel Uwch Gymrawd Ymchwil yn y Ganolfan Ontoleg Gymdeithasol (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, y Swistir). Rwyf hefyd wedi bod yn weithgar gyda'r mudiad Occupy sy'n honni i gyfyngu gormodedd cyfoes cyfalafiaeth.
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
Golygydd Cyswllt: Sefydliad, Sage.
Bwrdd Golygyddol: Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour.
Adolygydd: sawl cyfnodolyn mewn rheolaeth, cymdeithaseg ac athroniaeth y gwyddorau cymdeithasol.
Adolygydd Grant: Sefydliad Ymchwil Cymdeithasol Annibynnol
