Organizational ethnography / Daniel Neyland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neyland, Daniel, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate culture--Research.

Corporate culture.

Business anthropology--Research.

Business anthropology.

Organizational sociology--Research.

Organizational sociology.

Research.

Physical Description:

188 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2008.

Summary:

Ethnography has become an established method of researching organizational life. Ethnographic approaches provide in-depth insights into what people and organizations do on a day-to-day basis and provide the foundations for cutting-edge observational research in large and small organizations.

In this book, Daniel Neyland covers the whole research project process for those looking to conduct an ethnography of an organization. Starting with research design, and dealing with such practical issues as gaining access, note-taking, project management, analysing one's data and negotiating an exit strategy, this book is always practical and accessible. Neyland also incorporates a range of case studies, illustrating organizational ethnography at work and in context.

Organizational Ethnography takes readers through the practical history of ethnography from its anthropological origins through to its use in an ever-widening variety of organizational, academic and business contexts.

This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to plan and conduct their own ethnographic, observational or participant observational research in an organizational context, whatever their level of experience and regardless of whether they are studying a business organization or other types of organization such as schools and hospitals.

Contents:

1 Sensibility one: Ethnographic Strategy 25

2 Sensibility Two: Questions of Knowledge 41

3 Sensibility Three: Locations and Access 62

4 Sensibility Four: Field Relations 80

5 Sensibility Five: Ethnographic Time 90

6 Sensibility Six: Observing and Participating 99

7 Sensibility Seven: Supplementing 111

8 Sensibility Eight: Writing 125

9 Sensibility Nine: Ethics 138

10 Sensibility Ten: Exits 148

Conclusion: The Utility of Organizational Ethnography 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [176]-184) and index.

ISBN:

1412923425

9781412923422

1412923433

9781412923439

OCLC:

154762856