@article {6624,
	title = {Heroic/Anti-Heroic Narratives: The Quests of Sherron Watkins},
	journal = {Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2004},
	month = {2004},
	pages = {16-26},
	abstract = {With the recent collapse of Enron and the need for sense-making, opinions of Sherron Watkins{\textquoteright}status in the Enron spectacle abound. Competing narratives portray her as both heroic whistleblower and anti-hero of corporate greed. Was she a hero or not? Rather than add to this dialectic controversy, we first define the classical typology of a hero as originally set forth by Homer and later detailed by Joseph Campbell. We next analyze the texts of Watkins{\textquoteright} quest chronology in order to elucidate the complex circumstances surrounding the creation of both narratives. The textual analysis then leads to a clarification of the anti-hero typology, followed by a new prototype, the quasi-hero, which possesses some classical hero attributes, yet is devoid of other essential qualities. Our contribution extends the current hero typology, thereby providing a necessary expanse of classification for understanding today{\textquoteright}s corporate spectacles. },
	issn = {1532-5555}
}
