Abstract
This paper explores the adaptive functions of storytelling in the workplace from an evolutionary psychological perspective. Based on the analysis of ethnographic studies on hunter-gatherer and modern work organizations, this paper claims that storytelling, as an adapted cognitive device, was selectively retained by natural and sexual selection, due to its survival and reproductive payoff. The narrative production through storytelling is a natural coping mechanism and has been functional in both old and new ways of working life under different ecological conditions. This paper also discusses some evolutionarily-informed practical implications of storytelling in contemporary organizations.
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