Yiannis Gabriel

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The sociologist Yiannis Gabriel (* 1952 ) has been Professor of Organizational Research at the University of Bath and Head of the Student Council since 1989 . Gabriel previously taught at Imperial College and Royal Holloway University in London.

Career

Gabriel holds an engineering degree from Imperial College, where he also studied industrial sociology in an advanced course. He continued his studies in sociology at the University of California at Berkley and received his PhD in 1981. After graduating, Gabriel served his military service in Greece. He then took up teaching positions at various British universities.

In addition to his teaching activities, Gabriel is also active as the publisher of specialist journals such as Management Learning or in the editing of Human Relations . In 2014 Gabriel was elected to the Board of the European Group for Organizational Studies .

Research interests

Gabriel became known for his work on storytelling in organizations, leadership, learning management, culture and politics of contemporary consumption. By exploring the stories and narratives in organizations as expressions of their culture, politics, and symbolism, Gabriel examines the relationship between leaders and those being led, education of leaders, and dysfunctional leadership. He researches learning processes and the nature of management knowledge. In addition, Gabriel also researches consumption and consumer behavior, in particular with regard to material artifacts and the identity at the interface between organization and consumers. Another focus is the psychoanalysis of organizations, where Gabriel examines processes such as the unconscious, narcissism and desire, emotion and fantasy in organizations with concepts and theories of psychoanalysis.

Honors

In 2012 an article by Gabriel ( Against the tyranny of PowerPoint: technology-in-use and technology abuse ) was voted "Management Article of the Year".

bibliography

31 works by Gabriel are offered in 171 publications and three languages ​​by over 6,000 libraries. Selected works and works are:

Books

  • David Sims, Stephen Fineman, and Yiannis Gabriel; Organizing and Organizations: An Introduction , Sage Publications, 1993, Newbury Park, California
  • Stephen Fineman and Yiannis Gabriel, Experiencing Organizations , Sage Publications, 1996, Thousand Oaks
  • Yiannis Gabriel, Storytelling in Organizations ; Oxford University Press, 2000, Oxford
  • Yiannis Gabriel, Myths, Stories, and Organizations: Premodern Narratives for Our Times , Oxford University Press, 2004, New York.
  • Yiannis Gabriel and Tim Lang, The Unmanageable Consumer , Sage Publications, 2006, Thousand Oaks
  • Burkard Sievers and Yiannis Gabriel, Psychodynamics of Organizations: Free Associations to Unconscious Processes in Organizations ; Psychosozial-Verlag, 2008, Giessen
  • Yiannis Gabriel, Organizing Words: A Thesaurus for Social and Organizational Studies ; Oxford University Press, 2008, Oxford.

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Web links

  • Yannis Gabriel's blog

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Yiannis Gabriel on www.worldcat.org; Retrieved November 26, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c d Yiannis Gabriel (1974) on the alumni website of the University of California, Berkeley; Retrieved November 27, 2014
  3. ↑ a b c d e Profile of Yiannis Gabriel on the University of Bath website; Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  4. ^ A b c d Yiannis Gabriel, Against the Tyranny of PowerPoint: Technology-in-Use and Technology Abuse , Organization Studies , 2008; 29; 255; doi : 10.1177 / 0170840607079536 .
  5. ↑ a b c Presentation of Yiannis Gabriel on the website of the School of Economics, Business Administration & Legal Studies; Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  6. ^ Board of EGOS , accessed on November 27, 2014
  7. ↑ Press release from the University of Bath, Yiannis Gabriel wins a 'Management Article of the Year' Award ; Retrieved November 26, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Gabriel, Yiannis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sociologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1952