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20%OFFChristina Garsten (Ed.) - Organisational Anthropology: Doing Ethnography in and Among Complex Organisations - 9780745335285 - V9780745335285
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Organisational Anthropology: Doing Ethnography in and Among Complex Organisations

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Description for Organisational Anthropology: Doing Ethnography in and Among Complex Organisations Paperback. A pioneering analysis of doing ethnographic fieldwork in different types of complex organisations. Editor(s): Garsten, Christina; Nyqvist, Anette. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Organisational Anthropology is a pioneering analysis of doing ethnographic fieldwork in different types of complex organisations, focusing on the process of initiating contact, establishing rapport and gaining the trust of an organisation's members. The thirteen contributors work from the premise that doing fieldwork in an organisation shares essential characteristics with fieldwork in more 'classical' anthropological environments, but that it also poses some particular challenges to the ethnographer, with barriers including the ideological or financial interests of the organisations, protection of resources and competition between organisations. A number of organisational contexts - including corporations, EU ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Condition
New
Weight
396g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745335285
SKU
V9780745335285
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About Christina Garsten (Ed.)
Christina Garsten is Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University and Chair of the Stockholm Centre for Organisational Research. She is the co-editor of Organisational Anthropology (Pluto, 2014), Ethical Dilemmas in Management Organizing (2009) and Transnational Accountability (2008) and author of Workplace Vagabonds: Career and Community in Changing Worlds of Work (2008). Anette Nyqvist is an Assistant ... Read more

Reviews for Organisational Anthropology: Doing Ethnography in and Among Complex Organisations
'An indispensable summary of contemporary organisational anthropology, presenting methodological challenges, theoretical discussion and insight into what it is like to embark on research in this area'
Rachel Jane Wile, UCL Institute of Education (London) 'The engagement between organisation studies and anthropology is both long standing and rapidly developing. In this fascinating volume some of the leading exponents of organisational ... Read more

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