Humour and Happiness in an NPM World : Do They Speak in Jest?
(2016) In Critical Perspectives on Accounting 37. p.51-64- Abstract
- This study examines perceptions of humour and happiness in a world where NPM ideas have a profound influence on many aspects of everyday living. The researchers interviewed comedians and their circle of co-workers at comedy festivals. Comedians seek to make us laugh, but this paper examines whether they have a serious message, too. This research reveals comedians as critical thinkers, as edge-workers who challenge convention with a particularly powerful critique of the primacy accorded to managerialism in public services and in contemporary society.
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This study examines perceptions of humour and happiness in a world where NPM ideas have a profound influence on many aspects of everyday living. The researchers interviewed comedians and their circle of co-workers at comedy festivals. Comedians seek to make us laugh, but this paper examines whether they have a serious message, too. This research reveals comedians as critical thinkers, as edge-workers who challenge convention with a particularly powerful critique of the primacy accorded to managerialism in public services and in contemporary society.
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- author
- Hellström, Caroline LU and Lapsley, Irvine LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-06
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- comedy, NPM, humour, happiness, edgework
- in
- Critical Perspectives on Accounting
- volume
- 37
- article number
- YCPAC1925
- pages
- 14 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- wos:000378447300005
- scopus:84951031832
- ISSN
- 1045-2354
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cpa.2015.04.010
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- df85ac0f-1e6f-4e57-a7af-b69c08cf75b5
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- 2016-12-06 10:57:12
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