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Book SynopsisA pioneering analysis of doing ethnographic fieldwork in different types of complex organisations.
Trade Review'This excellent and timely book shows that the anthropological gaze continues to shed light on all things human in surprising ways' -- Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo
'This vital and vibrant collection is sure to appeal to graduate students in anthropology and sociology as well as those in organizational psychology. Highly Recommended.' -- CHOICE
'Lively first hand accounts of carrying out ethnographic fieldwork in contemporary organisational settings - from convenience stores to high tech firms, from think tanks to advertising companies. This is a work that will appeal not only to anthropologists but also to all those with a scholarly or practical interest in culture and organisation' -- John Van Maanen, Erwin Schell Professor of Organization Studies atMIT, author of Tales of the Field
'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 anthropology reflect on its history and future directions; its potentials and pitfalls' -- Christopher Grey, Professor of Organization Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London.
'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)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Series Preface
1. Entries: Engaging Organisational Worlds - Christina Garsten and Anette Nyqvist
Part I: Corporate Corridors
2. Counter Intelligence: The Contingencies of Clerkship at the Epicentre of Convenience Culture - Gavin Hamilton Whitelaw
3. Counter-Espionage: Fieldwork among Culture Experts in Bang & Olufsen - Jakob Krause-Jensen
4. When Life Goes to Work: Authenticity and Managerial Control in the Contemporary Firm - Peter Fleming
5. Oblique Ethnography: Engaging Collaborative Complicity among Globalised Corporate Managers - Emil A. Røyrvik
Part II: Policy Arenas
6. Access to all Stages?: Studying through Policy in a Culture of Accessibility - Anette Nyqvist
7. Punctuated Entries: Doing Fieldwork in Policy Meetings in the European Union - Renita Thedvall
8. The Instrumental Gaze: The Case of Public Sector Reorganisation - Halvard Vike
Part III: Working the Network
9. All about Ties: Think Tanks and the Economy of Connections - Christina Garsten
10. Working Connections, Helping Friends: Fieldwork, Organisations and Cultural Styles - Brian Moeran
11. Messy Logic: Organisational Interactions and Joint Commitment in Railway Planning - Åsa Boholm
Part IV: Opaque Worlds
12. The Profane Ethnographer: Fieldwork with a Secretive Organisation - Lilith Mahmud
13. Communicative Nature of Money: Aligning Organisational Anthropology with Technocratic Experiments - Douglas R. Holmes
14. Not Being There: The Power of Strategic Absence in Organisational Anthropology - Tara A. Schwegler
15. Momentum: Pushing Ethnography Ahead - Christina Garsten and Anette Nyqvist
Notes on Contributors
Index
