@article{MenaRintamaekiFlemingetal., author = {Mena, S{\´e}bastien and Rintam{\"a}ki, Jukka and Fleming, Peter and Spicer, Andr{\´e}}, title = {On the Forgetting of Corporate Irresponsibility}, series = {Academy of Management Review}, volume = {41}, journal = {Academy of Management Review}, number = {4}, issn = {0363-7425}, doi = {10.5465/amr.2014.0208}, pages = {720 -- 738}, abstract = {Why are some serious cases of corporate irresponsibility collectively forgotten? Drawing on social memory studies, we examine how this collective forgetting process can occur. We propose that a major instance of corporate irresponsibility leads to the emergence of a stakeholder mnemonic community that shares a common recollection of the past incident. This community generates and then draws on mnemonic traces to sustain a collective memory of the past event over time. In addition to the natural entropic tendency to forget, collective memory is also undermined by instrumental "forgetting work," which we conceptualize in this article. Forgetting work involves manipulating short-term conditions of the event, silencing vocal "rememberers," and undermining collective mnemonic traces that sustain a version of the past. This process can result in a reconfigured collective memory and collective forgetting of corporate irresponsibility events. Collective forgetting can have positive and negative consequences for the firm, stakeholders, and society.}, language = {en} } @article{ForoughiCoraiolaRintamaekietal., author = {Foroughi, Hamid and Coraiola, Diego M. and Rintam{\"a}ki, Jukka and Mena, S{\´e}bastien and Foster, William M.}, title = {Organizational Memory Studies}, series = {Organization Studies}, volume = {41}, journal = {Organization Studies}, number = {12}, editor = {Kolb, Darl and Huysman, Marleen and Dery, Kristine and Metiu, Anca}, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, address = {Sage UK: London, England}, issn = {0170-8406}, doi = {10.1177/0170840620974338}, pages = {1725 -- 1748}, abstract = {This paper provides an overview and discussion of the rapidly growing literature on organizational memory studies (OMS). We define OMS as an inquiry into the ways that remembering and forgetting shape, and are shaped by, organizations and organizing processes. The contribution of this article is threefold. We briefly review what we understand by organizational memory and explore some key debates and points of contestation in the field. Second, we identify four different perspectives that have been developed in OMS (functional, interpretive, critical and performative) and expand upon each perspective by showcasing articles published over the past decade. In particular, we examine four papers previously published in Organization Studies to show the distinctiveness of each perspective. Finally, we identify a number of areas for future research to facilitate the future development of OMS.}, subject = {-}, language = {en} } @incollection{MenaRintamaeki, author = {Mena, S{\´e}bastien and Rintam{\"a}ki, Jukka}, title = {Managing the past responsibly: A collective memory perspective on responsibility, sustainability and ethics}, series = {Research Handbook of Responsible Management}, booktitle = {Research Handbook of Responsible Management}, publisher = {Edward Elgar}, isbn = {9781788971959}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {470 -- 483}, language = {en} } @article{CoraiolaFosterMenaetal., author = {Coraiola, Diego M. and Foster, William M. and Mena, S{\´e}bastien and Foroughi, Hamid and Rintam{\"a}ki, Jukka}, title = {Ecologies of Memories: Memory Work Within and Between Organizations and Communities}, series = {Academy of Management Annals}, volume = {17}, journal = {Academy of Management Annals}, number = {1}, doi = {10.5465/annals.2021.0088}, pages = {373 -- 404}, abstract = {In this paper, we review and synthesize the growing sociology-informed literature on organizational memory studies, which focuses on collective memory as a social construction of the past. To organize this literature, we present an ecological view of collective memory. Organizations, from this perspective, are conceived of as both constituted by a variety of mnemonic communities and, simultaneously, part of a broader ecology of mnemonic communities. We use this framework to guide our review of the various forms of memory work within and between mnemonic communities. Our review shows that much of the sociologically informed research has focused on memory work within communities. We also identify an emerging interest in the study of memory work between communities. In conclusion, we discuss possible future directions and outline a three-point agenda for future research that calls for a better understanding of the relational dynamics of memory with a focus on the organizing of memory, the embeddedness of memory work, and the construction of experiences of the past.}, language = {en} } @incollection{RintamaekiMenaFosteretal., author = {Rintam{\"a}ki, Jukka and Mena, S{\´e}bastien and Foster, William M. and Zundel, Mike}, title = {The interview and researching collective memory}, series = {Handbook of Historical Methods for Management}, booktitle = {Handbook of Historical Methods for Management}, editor = {Decker, Stephanie and Foster, William M. and Giovannoni, Elena}, publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing}, isbn = {9781800883734}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {412 -- 424}, language = {en} }