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Philanthropy and the sustaining of global elite university domination (2022)
Journal Article
Harvey, C., Gibson, A., Maclean, M., & Mueller, F. (2022). Philanthropy and the sustaining of global elite university domination. Organization, https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084221115842

How is it that global elite universities operating in a hyper-competitive world replete with aspirational challengers maintain positions of dominance within the field of higher education decade after decade? Taking a Bourdieusian approach, we argue t... Read More about Philanthropy and the sustaining of global elite university domination.

Membership Categorisation Analysis: Developing Awareness of Categories and their Consequences (2022)
Book Chapter
Whittle, A., & Mueller, F. (2022). Membership Categorisation Analysis: Developing Awareness of Categories and their Consequences. In E. Darics (Ed.), Language Awareness in Business and the Professions (183-203). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108696159.014

This chapter outlines an approach to the study of categorisation in language practice grounded in the work of American sociologist Harvey Sacks known as Membership Categorisation Analysis. MCA proposes that categories and their associated ‘normative... Read More about Membership Categorisation Analysis: Developing Awareness of Categories and their Consequences.

Academics and policy makers at odds: the case of the IFRS Foundation Trustees’ Consultation Paper on Sustainability Reporting (2022)
Journal Article
Adams, C., & Mueller, F. (2022). Academics and policy makers at odds: the case of the IFRS Foundation Trustees’ Consultation Paper on Sustainability Reporting. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 13(6), 1310-1333. https://doi.org/10.1108/sampj-10-2021-0436

Purpose: This paper considers the nature of academic engagement with policy and the (lack of) responsiveness by policy makers to the scientific community through the development of the IFRS Foundation Trustees’ Consultation Paper on Sustainability Re... Read More about Academics and policy makers at odds: the case of the IFRS Foundation Trustees’ Consultation Paper on Sustainability Reporting.

Official Truth, Applied Deconstruction and Post-Inquiry Sensemaking in the Mull of Kintyre Helicopter Crash (2022)
Journal Article
Mueller, F., Whittle, A., & Addison, S. (2022). Official Truth, Applied Deconstruction and Post-Inquiry Sensemaking in the Mull of Kintyre Helicopter Crash. Human Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267221082881

On 2nd June 1994, an RAF Chinook helicopter crashed into the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, killing all crew members and intelligence personnel onboard. In this paper, we analyse the 17- year campaign to set aside the finding of gross negligence against... Read More about Official Truth, Applied Deconstruction and Post-Inquiry Sensemaking in the Mull of Kintyre Helicopter Crash.