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Full Title
STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI
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Publisher
FrancoAngeli
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ISSN
0391-8769 (Printed Journal)
1972-4969 (Online Journal)
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Journal Issue Number
2
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Journal Issue Designation
2
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Journal Issue Date
2025
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Full Title
Scroll the world: When our fingers become the horsemen of the apocalypse
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By (author)
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First Page
171
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Last Page
179
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Language of text
English
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Publication Date
2025/12
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Copyright
2025 FrancoAngeli srl
Main description
Our world of work and consumption is increasingly centered on a key expectation: the fluidity of workers' and customers' experiences. Rhythms, interruptions, and incompleteness are at the heart of contemporary forms of organization that cultivate impatience. Fundamentally, we can no longer support moments of waiting. And our digital practices epitomize this trend, especially with the continuous and addictive scrolling of digital media or the prompting of generative AI. Using the vocabulary, metaphors, and wisdom of the tale Thousands and One Nights, I analyze this process and its possible alternatives for workers and consumers. I sketch what might be seen as a negative ontology of time that might be a promising avenue for research in organization studies.
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