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Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry

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Year 2003 
Volume 2 
Issue 3

Humanization Through Discipline? Foucault and the Goodness of Employee Health Programmes

Axel Haunschild
University of Hamburg, IOEP, Germany

2003 2 (3) Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry

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There is no doubt that health management can improve employee well-being and can have positive outcomes for the organization. But, the mere goodness of such programmes has to be questioned. First, the paper shows how health management activities fit in processes of discipline in our society as extensively analysed by Foucault particularly in his genealogical works. Second, it discusses possible normative implications of such a Foucauldian analysis. What is the alternative to taking care of employee health in organizations?

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Haunschild, Axel (2003). Humanization Through Discipline? Foucault and the Goodness of Employee Health Programmes. (2003). Humanization Through Discipline? Foucault and the Goodness of Employee Health Programmes. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, 2(3), 46-59. (Original work published 2003)

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Haunschild, Axel. “Humanization Through Discipline? Foucault And The Goodness Of Employee Health Programmes”. 2003. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, vol. 2, no. 3, 2003, pp. 46-59.

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Haunschild, Axel. “Humanization Through Discipline? Foucault And The Goodness Of Employee Health Programmes”. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 2, no. 3 (2003): 46-59.

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