Luca Carollo
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Luca Carollo is a leading scholar in critical organization studies, whose research dissects the subtle mechanisms of power, control, and resistance in contemporary workplaces. His work uniquely bridges visual culture and organizational theory, exploring how management uses seemingly benign media—such as comics and graphic novels—to shape employee subjectivity. In his highly cited study, "The strange case of ‘Ugo Fantozzi robot’: Control and resistance through comics in a bank," Carollo analyzes a corporate comic strip circulated to tens of thousands of bank employees. He reveals how this playful medium functions as a sophisticated tool of disciplinary power, normalizing managerial imperatives while simultaneously creating spaces for subtle employee resistance. By drawing on post-structuralist theory and visual analysis, Carollo demonstrates that control is not merely imposed through rules but is woven into the very fabric of organizational culture. His work has garnered significant attention, with this paper alone accumulating 6 citations, and has established him as a critical voice in understanding the evolving, often hidden, dynamics of power in the modern corporation.
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