Organisations, Identities And The Self

ISBN-13: 9780333804872 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 216 str.

Janette Webb

Opis

This book is a sociological account of the connections between organizations and people in them, looking at the social processes of self and identity. This book draws upon the latest research and data to provide an informative discussion of the central role of organizations in our lives and to consider what they have done to us, and for us.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Understanding Organisations, Identities and the Self: A Conceptual Framework.- Globalising Economies and Organisations.- Organisations, Identities and Consumption.- Public Service Re-Organisation, Work and Consumer Citizenship.- Organisations and Global Divisions of Labour.- Occupational Restructuring, Work and Social Divisions.- We are the Company: Work, Control and Identity in the Organisations of Advanced Capitalism.- Organisations are Us: Understanding Self-Identity in Organised Societies.- Conclusion.

O autorze

JANETTE WEBB is Reader in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and co-editor of The Changing Politics of Gender Equality. She is a Non-Executive Director of an NHS Scotland Health Board and has published articles in sociology, management studies and psychology journals.