Format:
XI, 271 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
1-85973-482-0
,
1-85973-487-1
Content:
Most of us work in or for one, but there are surprisingly few sustained analyses of the problems and peculiarities of organizations. Anthropologists are increasingly turning their attention to the study of western organizations, and this timely collection addresses the pleasures and pitfalls of ethnographic research undertaken across a range of organizational contexts. From museums, to laboratories, health clinics, and multinational businesses, leading anthropologists discuss their fieldwork experiences, the problems they encountered, and the solutions they came up with. When is the anthropologist an insider to the organization, and when an outsider? What ethical issues arise when researchers are caught between observing organizations and participating in their work? Among issues vividly described are the relations between gender and politics in organizational hierarchies. This book highlights the practical, political and ethical dimensions of research in organizations.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Organisationskultur
;
Anthropologie
;
Organisationsforschung
;
Feldforschung
;
Organisationskultur
;
Ethnologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung