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Daniel Nyberg &#38; Christian De Cock (2019)Sociological Review, 67(3), pp. 689-705. Abstract. The  aim of this article is to explain how forms of consent-driven domination  are produced over actors with critical capacity to question the  processes of domination to which they are subjected.  Drawing on observations of meetings during which actors evaluated  employee sick leave, we show how domination is locally achieved in  situated interactions by (a) constructing a specific situational  reality, (b) transferring responsibilities in accordance with  this reality, and (c) positioning the actors within the confirmed  bounds of the situation. Domination is produced by exploiting a gap  between the reified instituted reality and the lived realities of  embodied actors. Doing so enables critiques of the workplace  to be absorbed and situational responsibility to be directed towards  individual employees. Engaging with French sociologist Luc Boltanski’s  recent work, we refer to these processes as ‘complex domination’: the  domination appears centre-less and well-intentioned  politics result in permanent asymmetrical outcomes – that is, the same  people always lose.”Keywords: Boltanski, discourse, domination, healthcare, sickness absenceLink to the review