Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper explores the manifestation of demons in the organization through autoethnographic reflection from a leadership perspective. It is proposed that demons arise from liminal situations; gaps and transitions between and within organizations and their social groupings. The context is that of a university library and three types of change: in a partnership, in a project, and in strategic transformation. Vignettes are presented to illuminate how demons arise, how the rage manifested can be exorcized by leadership identification and facilitation of more virtuous practice, and the resulting positive development of constructive working relationships. Organizational virtue theory is used as an interpretive framework, and the application of phronetic wisdom as a source for pragmatic methods of exorcism to counter demonic possession.
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