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Your neighbor denounces cellular telephones as instruments of the devil. Your niece swears that no one expects thank-you letters anymore. Your fath...
Providing a thorough interdisciplinary overview of organizational culture literature, this book shows how and why researchers have disagreed about such fundamental questions as: What is organizational culture? What are the major theoretical perspectives used to understand cultures in organizations? How can a researcher decipher the political interests inherent in research that claims to be politically neutral merely 'descriptive'? It will be useful for graduate students and academics in the fields of organizational culture, qualitative methods and cultural studies.
Providing a thorough interdisciplinary overview of organizational culture literature, this book shows how and why researchers have disagreed about suc...