Organizational Culture: Mapping the Terrain
Expert author Joanne Martin examines a variety of conflicting ways to study cultures in organizations, including different theoretical orientations, political ideologies (managerial, critical, and apparently neutral); methods (qualitative, quantitative, and hybrid approaches), and styles of writing about culture (ranging from traditional to postmodern and experimental). In addition, she offers a guide for those who might want to study culture themselves, addressing such issues as: What qualitat…
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Expert author Joanne Martin examines a variety of conflicting ways to study cultures in organizations, including different theoretical orientations, political ideologies (managerial, critical, and apparently neutral); methods (qualitative, quantitative, and hybrid approaches), and styles of writing about culture (ranging from traditional to postmodern and experimental). In addition, she offers a guide for those who might want to study culture themselves, addressing such issues as: What qualitative, quantitative, and hybrid methods can be used to study culture? What standards are used when rev.
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- Publication Date:2001.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
- Place of Publication:Thousand Oaks
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2001.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (417 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781452251646, 1452251649, 9780803972957, 0803972954, 9781483364445, 1483364445
- oclc:ocn815786172
- LC Classification:HM791 .M37 2002
- Dewey Decimal:302.35
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Introduction to the Series; Acknowledgments; Part I -- Mapping The Cultural Terrain; Chapter 1 -- Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2 -- The Culture Wars; Chapter 3 -- Pieces of the Puzzle: What is Culture? What is Not Culture?; Chapter 4 -- Single-Perspective Theories of Culture; Chapter 5 -- A Three-Perspective Theory of Culture; Chapter 6 -- Interests and Claims of Neutrality; Part II -- Doing Cultural Research; Chapter 7 -- To Count or Not to Count?; Chapter 8 -- Putting it All Together: Reviews of Sample Studies.
Chapter 9 -- Writing about Cultures: A Crisis of Representation?Part III -- Exploring The Edges of Cultural Theory; Chapter 10 -- Cultural Boundaries: Moveable, Fluctuating, Permeable, Blurred, and Dangerous; Chapter 11 -- Terra Incognita: Ideas for Future Research; References; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Author.
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