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The triumph of emptiness : consumption, higher education, and work organization / Mats Alvesson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alvesson, Mats, 1956- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Branding (Marketing).
- Consumption (Economics).
- Corporate culture.
- Materialism.
- Civilization, Modern--21st century.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- This second edition updates Alvesson's significant critique of the economy of persuasion, where organisations and groups assign resources to rhetoric, image, and reputation rather than production of goods and services. It examines critical phenomena such as the knowledge society, consumption, higher education, organisational change, and leadership.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2022.
- Previous edition: 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-268877-4
- 0-19-195565-5
- 0-19-268876-6
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