Disciplinary Mechanisms and the Discourse of Identity: The Creation of ‘Silence’ in an Elite Sports Academy

Manley, A.; Roderick, M.; Parker, A.

doi:10.1080/14759551.2016.1160092

Disciplinary Mechanisms and the Discourse of Identity: The Creation of ‘Silence’ in an Elite Sports Academy

Manley, A.; Roderick, M.; Parker, A.

Authors

A. Manley

Professor Martin Roderick m.j.roderick@durham.ac.uk
Professor

A. Parker

Abstract

Organization studies research exposes the need to examine power relations embedded within the design of organizations, the construction of normative behaviour, and the production of socially constructed meanings that lead to the removal of employee voice. Drawing upon 21 qualitative interviews with Premiership football academy members, this article examines the regulation, control and ‘silencing’ of young English professional footballers. Building upon two existing literatures concerning the institutional dynamics of footballing traineeship, and the concept of organizational ‘silence’, the article explains how characteristics associated with surveillance mechanisms and the perpetuation of institutional norms lead to the configuration of a climate of silence. Utilizing the work of Michel Foucault and Erving Goffman, the article addresses the call for an understanding of the interplay between social actors and the confines of their structural context as an example of restrictive practice and for providing insight into the ‘how’ of silencing.

Citation

Manley, A., Roderick, M., & Parker, A. (2016). Disciplinary Mechanisms and the Discourse of Identity: The Creation of ‘Silence’ in an Elite Sports Academy. Culture and Organization, 22(3), 221-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2016.1160092

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Feb 22, 2016
Online Publication Date	Apr 4, 2016
Publication Date	Apr 4, 2016
Deposit Date	May 20, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Oct 4, 2017
Journal	Culture and Organization
Print ISSN	1475-9551
Electronic ISSN	1477-2760
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	22
Issue	3
Pages	221-244
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2016.1160092

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Culture and Organization on 04/04/2016, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14759551.2016.1160092.