Anti-dialogic positioning in change stories: bank robbers, saviours and peons Nic Beech Stacy A. MacPhail Christine Coupland 2134/14835 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Anti-dialogic_positioning_in_change_stories_bank_robbers_saviours_and_peons/9504590 Stories people tell of going through change incorporate and react to others around them. Positions can be taken in stories that tend towards the monological, having a singular perspective and being somewhat sealed off from others. Alternatively, stories can tend towards the dialogical, a multiple, less certain and more interactive mode. We explore multiple stories of an organizational change and analyse a paradoxical situation that emerges. We argue that although the stories may have the appearance of being dialogical, they can be seen as co-existing but self-sealing, or anti-dialogic. We introduce an interruption to the story and discuss a possibility for challenging anti-dialogic positioning in change stories. 2014-06-12 10:35:19 Dialogue Fantasy Insulating identity work Self-sealing stories Business and Management not elsewhere classified