Introduction: The Motherland’s Postcolonial Constraint -- The Cold and Frozen Side of Organisations -- In the Shadowland of Organisations -- The Hard Knocks of Leadership -- Rootlessness and Unbelonging -- Emancipatory Leadership -- Organisational Narratives – 'Theorising from a Location of...

Using the example of the German Mechanical and Plant Engineering Association (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, VDMA), this paper examines the viability of corporate history approaches in the history of the associations. The VDMA, one of the largest trade associations in the Federal...