| Title: |
"They Treat You Like an Animal:" Reimagining Ethical Working Lives Through the Human/Animal Boundary. |
| Authors: |
Dashper, Kate1 (AUTHOR); Wadham, Helen2 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. 2024, Vol. 2024 Issue 1, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. |
| Abstract: |
Work and organisations are considered to be predominantly human domains, and the labour of other animals in the service of human needs is often unrecognised and unvalued. The human/animal boundary reflects the anthropocentrism of understandings of work and results in the marginalisation of animals in organisations, but may also provide opportunity to re-examine work to identify and develop more humane practices for all. This paper argues that some animals should be recognised as workers and thus accorded consideration, rights and protection. Drawing on a multispecies ethnography of work between humans and horses in forestry and trekking tourism, the human/animal boundary is used as a framework through which to examine other organisational boundaries - work/play; in work/out of work; individual/group; work/home - and to reimagine more compassionate and ethical approaches to work for human and animal workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Business Source Premier |