Crisis of organizational "ethnography" in the age of journal-driven research

• Sato Ikuya

Abstract

This paper, in the first person narrative, talks about the author's personal experiences in two research settings: motorcycle gangs in Kyoto and the theatre world in Tokyo. Through the confessional tales about his own life and work, the author aims to show tremendous heuristic potential of participant observation or ethnographic method. In this paper the author also talks about the predicament that organizational ethnography now faces in the academic world that has been stricken by journal-driven research consequent upon the increasing influence of the audit culture.

Journal

• 同志社商学

  同志社商学 69 (1), 27-47, 2017-07-20

  The Association of Commerce Doshisha University

Keywords

• ethnography
• journal-driven research
• confessional tale
• participant observation
• meritocracy

Details

• CRID: 1390009224915031936
• NII Article ID: 120006338320
• NII Book ID: AN00165609
• DOI: 10.14988/pa.2017.0000015588
• NDL BIB ID: 028385756
• ISSN: 03872858
• Web Site: https://doshisha.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/25238
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/028385756
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I028385756
• Text Lang: en
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• Abstract License Flag: Allowed