Organizations as Stages: A Dramaturgical Theory of the Societal Integration of Stigmatized Groups
Published online on February 26, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Management, Ahead of Print.
This paper theorizes how organizations enable the societal integration of stigmatized groups. Drawing on Goffman’s relational perspective on stigma and his dramaturgical metaphors, we conceptualize organizations as “stages” on which stigmatized groups are ...
This paper theorizes how organizations enable the societal integration of stigmatized groups. Drawing on Goffman’s relational perspective on stigma and his dramaturgical metaphors, we conceptualize organizations as “stages” on which stigmatized groups are ...