Organizational Ethnography by Sierk Ybema

Organizational Ethnography by Sierk Ybema

Organizational Ethnography brings contributions from leading scholars in organizational studies that help to develop an ethnographic perspective on organizations and organizational research.

This timely collection constitutes essential reading for all organizational ethnographers interested in the ways in which their discipline is developingAlthough it will primarily be used for reference on the basis of individual chapters, this is a well crafted text which maintains a strong narrative throughout
Organization Journal

Whether one′s background is in ethnography or organizations research, this volume is an excellent place to begin. With modest aims, it offers advice, guides, stories, and cautionary tales to which both students and experienced professionals can relate. Experienced researchers may find this book to be a useful teaching tool and occasional reference work. Highly recommended at all levels and to libraries
CHOICE Magazine

The volume offers a fine introduction to interdisciplinary research...the book is of tremendous value precisely because of its reformulation of classic and perennial issues and problems of ethnography in a new setting...This is more than enough reason to assign the book for both undergraduate and graduate courses
Open Anthropology Cooperative

The relationship between ethnography and the study of organizational settings is not an intuitive one, in that organizational ethnography is ‘a relatively new term’...The collection of essays contained in the book is successful in explaining what links the two, and why an ethnographic perspective on organizations, by engaging with the everyday experiences of people, may be a fruitful starting point for understanding work...Competent, informed and detailed
Work, Employment and Society

The editors have compiled a thought-provoking look at this method of research...The writing is vivid, engagingand humorous in places, using organizational ethnography itself as a means to illuminate the subject...Organizational Ethnography is an enjoyable read and an effective resource. It is helpful for researchers, students and practitioners in analyzing the culture of organizations
Journal of Occupational Science

Dvora Yanow is a political ethnographer and interpretive methodologist. Her research explores state-created categories for immigrant and race-ethnic identities, workplace practices and organizational learning, and built spaces and meaning.

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ISBN 13	9781847870469
ISBN 10	1847870465
Title	Organizational Ethnography
Author	Sierk Ybema
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2009-08-20
Number of pages	304
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