svspmpp
Department of Business Humanities and Law
- Entrepreneurship, Ethics & Leadership Unit
Sverre
Spoelstra
Associate professor
,
PhD
Room:
POR/18.B-3.139
Tel:
+4538153675
, Mobile:
+46 737080271
E-mail:
ssp.bhl@cbs.dk
542216
Presentation
My research interests include leadership, organizational philosophy, the relation between work and play, theological motifs in management thinking, and academic work. I am currently working on two main projects: 1) a sociological study of gamification and digital management in high performance organizations and 2) a philosophical exploration of the relation between leading and commanding. I am the author of Leadership and Organization: A Philosophical Introduction (Routledge, 2018), and Associate Editor of the journal Organization.
Sverre Spoelstra is currently employed as a 20% associate professor at CBS.
Primary research areas
- Leadership
- Organizational Philosophy
- Work and play
- Academic work
Social media
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/svspmpp
Courses
- Ledelsesfilosofi
- Lederskabet under forandring og dets indvirkning på organisatorisk adfærd
Supervision
I enjoy supervising on bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral level
Other teaching activities
PhD supervision at Lund University, Sweden
Selected publications
- Spoelstra, S. (2021) ‘Theory’s best practice’, ephemera, 21(4): 163-179.
- Spoelstra, S., N. Butler and H. Delaney (2021) ‘Measures of faith: Science and belief in leadership studies’ Journal of Management Inquiry 30(3): 300-311.
- Butler, N. and S. Spoelstra (2020) ‘Academics at play: Why the “publication game” is more than a metaphor’, Management Learning, 51(4): 414-430.
- Spoelstra, S. (2020) ‘The truths and falsehoods of post-truth leaders’, Leadership, 16(6), 757-764.
- Spoelstra, S. (2018) Leadership and Organization: A philosophical Introduction. London: Routledge.
Publications sorted by:
2024
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / Redemption Through Play? : Exploring the Ethics of Workplace Gamification.
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 193, No. 2, 8.2024, p. 259-270
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 193, No. 2, 8.2024, p. 259-270
Journal article > peer review
Sverre Spoelstra / Taking Credit for Stupidity : On Being a Student in the Performative University.
In: Management Learning, Vol. 55, No. 4, 9.2024, p. 641-653
In: Management Learning, Vol. 55, No. 4, 9.2024, p. 641-653
Journal article > peer review
Paul Scade; Sverre Spoelstra / What Critical Leadership Studies Can Learn From (Reading) Plato
In: The Routledge Critical Companion to Leadership Studies. ed. /David Knights; Helena Liu; Owain Smolović-Jones; Suze Wilson. New York : Routledge 2024, p. 40-51 (Routledge Companions in Business and Management)
In: The Routledge Critical Companion to Leadership Studies. ed. /David Knights; Helena Liu; Owain Smolović-Jones; Suze Wilson. New York : Routledge 2024, p. 40-51 (Routledge Companions in Business and Management)
Book chapter > peer review
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / “You just Earned 10 Points!” : Gaming and Grinding in Academia.
In: Organization, Vol. 31, No. 4, 5.2024, p. 720-730
In: Organization, Vol. 31, No. 4, 5.2024, p. 720-730
Journal article > peer review
2023
Sverre Spoelstra; Nick Butler / Algorithmic Leadership and the Game of Business
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-third Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2023, 6 p. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings)
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-third Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2023, 6 p. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings)
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / Living in the Age of Gamification
In: Organization Studies, Vol. 44, No. 6, 6.2023, p. 1021-1024
In: Organization Studies, Vol. 44, No. 6, 6.2023, p. 1021-1024
Book review > peer review
Sverre Spoelstra; Martin Parker; Simon Lilley; Lena Olaison / Reopening the Field : Reading/Writing Robert Cooper Today.
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2023, 20 p., p. 1-20
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2023, 20 p., p. 1-20
Editorial > peer review
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / What is the Point of Method Sections?
In: Organization, Vol. 30, No. 6, 11.2023, p. 1266-1272
In: Organization, Vol. 30, No. 6, 11.2023, p. 1266-1272
Journal article > peer review
2022
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / Flow as an Ideology : Against Flow: Video Games and the Flowing Subject, by Braxton Soderman.
In: Organization, 27.7.2022
In: Organization, 27.7.2022
Book review
Sverre Spoelstra / Leadership and the Stings of Command
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2022, p. 155-172
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2022, p. 155-172
Journal article > peer review
2022
Helen Delaney; Sverre Spoelstra / Transformational Leadership : Secularized Theology?.
In: Leadership: Contemporary Critical Perspectives. . ed. /Brigid Carroll; Jackie Ford; Scott Taylor. London : SAGE Publications 2022, p. 75-93
In: Leadership: Contemporary Critical Perspectives. . ed. /Brigid Carroll; Jackie Ford; Scott Taylor. London : SAGE Publications 2022, p. 75-93
Book chapter > peer review
2021
Sverre Spoelstra; Nick Butler; Helen Delaney / Measures of Faith : Science and Belief in Leadership Studies.
In: Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 30, No. 3, 7.2021, p. 300-311
In: Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 30, No. 3, 7.2021, p. 300-311
Journal article > peer review
Sverre Spoelstra / Theory's Best Practice
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 21, No. 4, 12.2021, p. 163-179
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 21, No. 4, 12.2021, p. 163-179
Journal article > peer review
2020
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / Academics at Play : Why the "Publication Game" is More than a Metaphor.
In: Management Learning, Vol. 51, No. 4, 9.2020, p. 414-430
In: Management Learning, Vol. 51, No. 4, 9.2020, p. 414-430
Journal article > peer review
Sverre Spoelstra / The Truths and Falsehoods of Post-Truth Leaders
In: Leadership, Vol. 16, No. 6, 12.2020, p. 757-764
In: Leadership, Vol. 16, No. 6, 12.2020, p. 757-764
Journal article > peer review
2019
Sverre Spoelstra / The Paradigm of the Charismatic Leader
In: Leadership, Vol. 15, No. 6, 12.2019, p. 744-749
In: Leadership, Vol. 15, No. 6, 12.2019, p. 744-749
Journal article > peer review
2018
Sverre Spoelstra / Leadership and Organization : A Philosophical Introduction.
Abingdon : Routledge 2018, 148 p.
Abingdon : Routledge 2018, 148 p.
Book > peer review
Nick Butler; Helen Delaney; Sverre Spoelstra / Risky Business : Reflections on Critical Performativity in Practice.
In: Organization, Vol. 25, No. 3, 5.2018, p. 428-445
In: Organization, Vol. 25, No. 3, 5.2018, p. 428-445
Journal article > peer review
2017
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / How to Become Less Excellent
In: The Corporatization of the Business School: Minerva Meets the Market. . ed. /Tony Huzzard; Mats Benner; Dan Kärreman. Abingdon : Routledge 2017, p. 74-91
In: The Corporatization of the Business School: Minerva Meets the Market. . ed. /Tony Huzzard; Mats Benner; Dan Kärreman. Abingdon : Routledge 2017, p. 74-91
Book chapter > peer review
Gerard Hanlon; Stephen Dunne; Christian Garmann Johnsen; Stevphen Shukaitis; Sverre Spoelstra; Konstantin Stoborod; Kenneth Weir / The Dark Side of Management : Gerard Hanlon in Dialogue with Ephemera.
In: Ephemera, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2017, p. 175-188
In: Ephemera, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2017, p. 175-188
Comment/debate
2017
Nick Butler; Helen Delaney; Sverre Spoelstra / The Gray Zone : Questionable Research Practices in the Business School.
In: Academy of Management Learning and Education, Vol. 16, No. 1, 3.2017, p. 94-109
In: Academy of Management Learning and Education, Vol. 16, No. 1, 3.2017, p. 94-109
Journal article > peer review
2016
Sverre Spoelstra / Leadership and Religion
In: The Routledge Companion to Leadership. ed. /John Storey; Jean Hartley; Jean-Louis Denis; Paul 't Hart; David Ulrich. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 319-331
In: The Routledge Companion to Leadership. ed. /John Storey; Jean Hartley; Jean-Louis Denis; Paul 't Hart; David Ulrich. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 319-331
Book chapter > peer review
Sverre Spoelstra; Nick Butler; Helen Delaney / Never Let an Academic Crisis Go to Waste : Leadership Studies in the Wake of Journal Retractions.
In: Leadership, Vol. 12, No. 4, 9.2016, p. 383-397
In: Leadership, Vol. 12, No. 4, 9.2016, p. 383-397
Journal article > peer review
Sverre Spoelstra / You Must Change Your Life
In: Organization, Vol. 23, No. 2, 3.2016, p. 308-310
In: Organization, Vol. 23, No. 2, 3.2016, p. 308-310
Book review > peer review
2015
Sverre Spoelstra; Peter Svensson / Critical Performativity : The Happy End of Critical Management Studies?.
In: The Routledge Companion to Critical Management Studies. ed. /Anshuman Prasad; Pushkala Prasad; Albert Mills; Jean Helms Mills. Abingdon : Routledge 2015, p. 69-79
In: The Routledge Companion to Critical Management Studies. ed. /Anshuman Prasad; Pushkala Prasad; Albert Mills; Jean Helms Mills. Abingdon : Routledge 2015, p. 69-79
Book chapter > peer review
Nick Butler; Helen Delaney; Sverre Spoelstra / Problematizing 'Relevance' in the Business School : The Case of Leadership Studies.
In: British Journal of Management, Vol. 26, No. 4, 10.2015, p. 731-744
In: British Journal of Management, Vol. 26, No. 4, 10.2015, p. 731-744
Journal article > peer review
2014
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / The Regime of Excellence and the Erosion of Ethos in Critical Management Studies
In: British Journal of Management, Vol. 25, No. 3, 7.2014, p. 538-550
In: British Journal of Management, Vol. 25, No. 3, 7.2014, p. 538-550
Journal article > peer review
2013
Chris Land; Martyna Śliwa; Sverre Spoelstra / A Wild Sheep Chase : Haruki Murakami.
In: Fictional Leaders: Heroes, Villans and Absent Friends. . ed. /Jonathan Gosling; Peter Villiers. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 2013, p. 139-154
In: Fictional Leaders: Heroes, Villans and Absent Friends. . ed. /Jonathan Gosling; Peter Villiers. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 2013, p. 139-154
Book chapter > peer review
Bent Meier Sørensen; Sverre Spoelstra / Faith
In: Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics . ed. /Christoph Luetge. Dordrect : Springer Science+Business Media 2013, p. 517-525
In: Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics . ed. /Christoph Luetge. Dordrect : Springer Science+Business Media 2013, p. 517-525
Book chapter > peer review
Sverre Spoelstra / Leadership Studies : Out of Business.
In: Critical Perspectives on Leadership: Emotion, Toxicity, and Dysfunction. . ed. /Jeanette Lemmergaard; Sara Louise Muhr. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2013, p. 171-182 (New Horizons in Leadership Studies series)
In: Critical Perspectives on Leadership: Emotion, Toxicity, and Dysfunction. . ed. /Jeanette Lemmergaard; Sara Louise Muhr. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2013, p. 171-182 (New Horizons in Leadership Studies series)
Book chapter > peer review
2013
Martyna Sliwa; Sverre Spoelstra; Bent Meier Sørensen; Christopher Land / Profaning the Sacred in Leadership Studies : A Reading of Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase.
In: Organization, Vol. 20, No. 6, 11.2013, p. 860-880
In: Organization, Vol. 20, No. 6, 11.2013, p. 860-880
Journal article > peer review
Jana Costas; Susanne Ekman; Christian Maravelias; Sverre Spoelstra / Roundtable : Free work.
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2013, p. 11-31
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2013, p. 11-31
Comment/debate > peer review
2012
Bent Meier Sørensen; Sverre Spoelstra / Play at Work : Continuation, Intervention and Usurpation.
In: Organization, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2012, p. 81-97
In: Organization, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2012, p. 81-97
Journal article > peer review
Bent Meier Sørensen; Sverre Spoelstra; Heather Höpfl; Simon Critchley / Theology and Organization
In: Organization, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2012, p. 267-279
In: Organization, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2012, p. 267-279
Journal article > peer review
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / Your Excellency
In: Organization, Vol. 19, No. 6, 2012, p. 891-903
In: Organization, Vol. 19, No. 6, 2012, p. 891-903
Journal article > peer review
2011
Pia Bramming; Marius Gudmand-Høyer; Dan Kärreman; Charlotta Levay; Michael Pedersen; Sverre Raffnsøe; Jens Rennestam; André Spicer; Sverre Spoelstra / Management of Self-Management
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2011, p. 212-224
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2011, p. 212-224
Comment/debate > peer review
Ruud Kaulingfreks; Sverre Spoelstra; René Bos / Wonders without Wounds : On Singularity, Museum and Organisation.
In: Management and Organizational History, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2011, p. 311-327
In: Management and Organizational History, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2011, p. 311-327
Journal article > peer review
Nick Butler; Lena Olaison; Martyna Sliwa; Bent Meier Sørensen; Sverre Spoelstra / Work, Play and Boredom
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2011, 7 p., p. 329-335
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2011, 7 p., p. 329-335
Editorial > peer review
2010
Sverre Spoelstra / Business Miracles
In: Culture and Organization, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2010, p. 87-101
In: Culture and Organization, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2010, p. 87-101
Journal article > peer review
Tony Huzzard; Sverre Spoelstra / Leaders as Gardeners : Leadership through Facilitating Growth.
In: Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Real World. . ed. /Mats Alvesson; André Spicer. Abingdon : Routledge 2010, p. 76-95
In: Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Real World. . ed. /Mats Alvesson; André Spicer. Abingdon : Routledge 2010, p. 76-95
Book chapter > peer review
2010
Bent Meier Sørensen; Sverre Spoelstra / Play and Work : Continuation, Intervention, Usurpation.
Paper presented at Work, Play and Boredom, 2010
Paper presented at Work, Play and Boredom, 2010
Paper
Peter Svensson; Sverre Spoelstra; Michael Pedersen; Stephanie Schreven / The Excellent Institution
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2010, 6 p., p. 1-6
In: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2010, 6 p., p. 1-6
Editorial > peer review
Stephen Dunne; Sverre Spoelstra / The Gift of Leadership
In: Philosophy Today, Vol. 54, No. 1, 2010, p. 66-77
In: Philosophy Today, Vol. 54, No. 1, 2010, p. 66-77
Journal article > peer review
2009
Sverre Spoelstra / Organizational Brilliance : On Blinding Visions in Organizations.
In: Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2009, p. 373-385
In: Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2009, p. 373-385
Journal article > peer review
Sverre Spoelstra / Transformational Leadership : Scientific Concept or Management Concept?.
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2009, 2009
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2009, 2009
Paper > peer review
2008
Anders Raastrup Kristensen; Michael Pedersen; Sverre Spoelstra / Symptoms of Organization
In: Ephemera. Theory and Politics in Organization, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2008, 6 p., p. 1-6
In: Ephemera. Theory and Politics in Organization, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2008, 6 p., p. 1-6
Editorial > peer review
2007
Sverre Spoelstra / The Hermeneutics of the Subject : Lectures at the College de France 1981-1982, Michel Foucault.
In: Organization, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2007, p. 299-303
In: Organization, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2007, p. 299-303
Book review > peer review
Sverre Spoelstra / What is Philosophy of Organization?
In: Philosophy and Organization. ed. /Campbell Jones; René ten Bos. Abingdon : Routledge 2007, p. 55-67
In: Philosophy and Organization. ed. /Campbell Jones; René ten Bos. Abingdon : Routledge 2007, p. 55-67
Book chapter > peer review
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2024
Sverre Spoelstra / Does Elon Musk Deserve His Billions?
In: The National Interest, 7.2.2024
In: The National Interest, 7.2.2024
Journal article
Sverre Spoelstra / How Valuable Is Elon Musk’s ‘Charismatic’ Leadership? : That’s the 56 Billion Dollar Question.
: The Conversation Media Group 6.2.2024
: The Conversation Media Group 6.2.2024
Net publication - Internet publication
Nick Butler; Sverre Spoelstra / Video Games at Work? : It Sounds Fun, but There Are Ethical Risks.
: The Conversation Media Group 17.4.2024
: The Conversation Media Group 17.4.2024
Net publication - Internet publication
2022
Sverre Spoelstra; Monika Müller / The (not so) New Corporation
In: Organization, Vol. 29, No. 6, 11.2022, p. 1146-1149
In: Organization, Vol. 29, No. 6, 11.2022, p. 1146-1149
Book review
2024
Video games at work? It sounds fun, but there are ethical risks
17/04/2024 // The Conversation // Nick Butler & Sverre Spoelstra
Har din nästa chef artificiell intelligens?
15/02/2024 // LUM 1 / 2024 // Louise Larsson
Does Elon Musk Deserve His Billions?
07/02/2024 // The National Interest Online // Sverre Spoelstra
How valuable is Elon Musk's charismatic' leadership? That's the 56 billion dollar question
06/02/2024 // Philippine Canadian Inquirer // Sverre Spoelstra