Discourse Analysis: Investigating Processes of Social Construction is the first book to
provide a concise, straightforward guide for students and researchers who are interested in …

This paper investigates a variety of forms of management control in a large management
consultancy company. The very high level of compliance with corporate objectives among …

The 1990s have been called the “empowerment era,” yet growing evidence suggests that
empowerment programs often fail to meet the expectations of both managers and …

Although equity theory has dominated the conception of justice in organizational relations,
equality also shapes justice expectations and behaviors. Therefore, there are two basic and …

Changing 'organizational culture'is a major preoccupation in both the public and the private
sectors. Anthropology of Organizations critically examines 'the culture concept'from an …

This paper extends existing social and behavioral science knowledge by placing explicit
emphasis on concept-formation issues as they pertain to organizational science. Moreover …

Ideology is a core and contested concept in the social sciences, but also long deployed in
management research to highlight the political, embedded and/or obscuring nature of ideas …

To better understand the phenomenon of organizational downsizing, we compare three
theoretical perspectives on downsizing: the economic, the institutional, and the …

This book concerns the contribution of anthropology to the study of government, non-
government (voluntary), and private sector organizations in the Third World and the West …

Recent developments in organizational theory emphasize the need to examine the
relationship between organizational values and structure. Values underpin organizational …