Engineering culture : control and commitment in a high-tech corporation
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Engineering culture : control and commitment in a high-tech corporation
（Labor and social change）
Temple University Press, 1992
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-283) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: alk. paper ISBN 9780877228455
Description
In this intriguing ethnography of a large American high-tech corporation, Gideon Kunda offers a critical analysis of its much celebrated "corporate culture." In his extensive study of the company's engineering division, Kunda uses detailed descriptions of everyday rituals and interactions in which the culture is brought to life, excerpts from in-depth interviews and a wide variety of corporate texts to vividly portray managerial attempts to design and impose the culture and the ways in which it is experienced by members of the organization.The company's management, Kunda reveals, uses a variety of methods to promulgate what it claims is a non-authoritarian, informal, and flexible work environment that enhances and rewards individual commitment, initiative, and creativity while promoting personal growth. The author demonstrates, however, that these pervasive efforts mask an elaborate and subtle form of normative control in which the members' minds and hearts become the target of corporate influence. Gideon Kunda is a Lecturer in Sociology and Labor Studies at Tel Aviv University.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. Culture and Organization 2. The Setting 3. Ideology: Tech Culture Codified 4. Presentational Rituals: Talking Ideology 5. Self and Organization: In the Shadow of the Golden Bull 6. Conclusion Appendix: Methods A Confessional of Sorts Notes References Index
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: pbk ISBN 9781566390750
Description
In this intriguing ethnography of a large American high-tech corporation, Gideon Kunda offers a critical analysis of its much celebrated "corporate culture." In his extensive study of the company's engineering division, Kunda uses detailed descriptions of everyday rituals and interactions in which the culture is brought to life, excerpts from in-depth interviews and a wide variety of corporate texts to vividly portray managerial attempts to design and impose the culture and the ways in which it is experienced by members of the organization. The company's management, Kunda reveals, uses a variety of methods to promulgate what it claims is a non-authoritarian, informal, and flexible work environment that enhances and rewards individual commitment, initiative, and creativity while promoting personal growth. The author demonstrates, however, that these pervasive efforts mask an elaborate and subtle form of normative control in which the members' minds and hearts become the target of corporate influence. Gideon Kunda is a Lecturer in Sociology and Labor Studies at Tel Aviv University.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. Culture and Organization 2. The Setting 3. Ideology: Tech Culture Codified 4. Presentational Rituals: Talking Ideology 5. Self and Organization: In the Shadow of the Golden Bull 6. Conclusion Appendix: Methods A Confessional of Sorts Notes References Index
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