Academy of Management Review Vol. 30 No. 4 2005
Beyond Compare: Metaphor In Organization Theory
Abstract
Despite the increased salience of metaphor in organization theory, current perspectives are flawed and misguided in assuming that metaphor can be explained with the so-called comparison model. I therefore outline an alternative model of metaphor understanding—the domains-interaction model—which suggests that metaphor involves the conjunction of whole semantic domains in which a correspondence between terms or concepts is constructed rather than deciphered and where the resulting image and meaning is creative. I also discuss implications of this model for organizational theorizing and research.
- DOI
- 10.5465/amr.2005.18378876
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 751-764
- Language
- en
- Sources
- ris:amr.ris openalex crossref