Ari Kuismin

Ari Kuismin

Assistant Professor
Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department / Division
Department of Language and Communication Studies
Room number
Mobile
+358504085960
Postal address
Seminaarinkatu 15

Biography

I am Assistant Professor of Communication at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Finland. Previously, I worked as a post-doctoral researcher in Organizational Communication at the Aalto University School of Business, Finland.

My research is positioned in the field of organizational communication, and lies at the intersection of communication and organizational studies. In my research, I draw on a communicative relationality perspective that emphasizes the primacy of relations between humans and other-than-humans in understanding organizational phenomena. A distinctive feature of my research is its focus on space, temporality, and affect in organizations and organizing. For example, I explore how the rhythms and atmospheres of contemporary workspaces shape collaboration and entrepreneurial creativity, and how changes in the spatial settings of work are related to inequalities among organizational members. My research has been published in journals such as Organization Studies, Human Relations, Academy of Management Annals, Management Learning, and Culture and Organization. I am an editorial review board member of Organization Studies.

Publications

Publication
2025

Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice
Granqvist, Nina
Kuismin, Ari
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Organization Studies
Kuismin, Ari
Wickström, Alice
Hietanen, Joel
Katila, Saija
Publication
2023

A Research Agenda for Organization Studies, Feminisms and New Materialisms
Wickström, Alice
Kuismin, Ari
Katila, Saija
Publication
2023

A Research Agenda for Organization Studies, Feminisms and New Materialisms
Katila, Saija
Kuismin, Ari
Valtonen, Anu
Publication
2023

A Research Agenda for Organization Studies, Feminisms and New Materialisms
Calás, Marta B.
Smircich, Linda
Cozza, Michela
Gherardi, Silvia
Katila, Saija
Kuismin, Ari
Jääskeläinen, Pauliina
Laine, Pikka-Maaria
Meriläinen, Susan
Vola, Joonas
Sayers, Janet
Wickström, Alice
Valtonen, Anu
Salmela, Tarja
Pullen, Alison
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Management Learning
Kuismin, Ari
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Culture and Organization
Lafaire, Ana Paula
Kuismin, Ari
Moisander, Johanna
Grünbaum, Leni
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Prologi : viestinnän ja vuorovaikutuksen tieteellinen aikakauslehti
Kuismin, Ari