Cultural complexity in organizations : inherent contrasts and contradictions / Sonja A. Sackmann, editor.

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Book
Language
English
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1997], ©1997.
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xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Using empirical data based on innovative and multi-method research approaches, Cultural Complexity in Organizations is an important reader that goes beyond description to make recommendations on how to better deal with cultural complexity in organizations. Especially useful for students and professionals in organization studies, management, gender studies, sociology, and psychology.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • 1. Introduction / Sonja A. Sackmann
    • 2. Single and Multiple Cultures in International Cross-Cultural Management Research: Overview / Sonja A. Sackmann, Margaret E. Phillips and M. Jill Kleinberg [et al.]
    • 3. Discursive Contradiction of Tradition and Modernity in Korean Management Practices: A Case Study of Samsung's New Management / Seungkwon Jang and Myung-Ho Chung
    • 4. Eastern Europe Meets West: An Empirical Study on French Management in a Slovenian Plant / Tatjana Globokar
    • 5. Perceptual Study of Turkish Managers' and Organizations' Characteristics: Contrasts and Contradictions / Yasemin Arbak, Ceyhan Aldemir and Omur Timurcanday Ozmen [et al.]
    • 6. West Coast Camelot: The Rise and Fall of an Organizational Culture / Terry Schumacher
    • 7. Cultural Contrasts in a Democratic Nonprofit Organization: The Case of a Swiss Reading Society / Thomas S. Eberle --
    • 8. Telling Tales: Contrasts and Commonalities Within the Organization of an Amusement Park - Confronting and Combining Different Perspectives / Sierk B. Ybema
    • 9. Inside Hewlett-Packard: Corporate Culture and Bureaucratic Control / Patrick McGovern and Veronica Hope-Hailey
    • 10. National Culture and Gender Diversity Within One of the Universal Swiss Banks: An Experiential Description of a Professional Woman Officer and President of the Women Managers' Association / Katrina Burrus
    • 11. Managerial Control Strategies and Subcultural Processes: On the Shop Floor in a Japanese Manufacturing Organization in the United Kingdom / Diana Rosemary Sharpe
    • 12. Discontinuous Technological Change as a Trigger for Temporary Reconciliation of Managerial Subcultures: A Case Study of a Finnish Paper Industry Company / Juha Laurila
    • 13. Organizational Factors Influencing Homogeneity and Heterogeneity of Organizational Cultures / Bas A. Koene, Christophe A. J. J. Boone and Joseph L. Soeters --
    • 14. Ethnic Diversity in Organizations: A Dutch Experience / Sjiera de Vries
    • 15. Strategic Utilization of Ethnicity in Contemporary Organizations / Willem C. J. Koot
    • 16. Cross-Cutting Identifications in Organizations / Helge Hernes
    • 17. Organizational Identity as a "Crowded Category": A Case of Multiple and Quickly Shifting "We" Typifications / Peter Dahler-Larsen.
    ISBN
    • 076190574X
    • 0761905758 (pbk.)
    LCCN
    96035691
    OCLC
    35593449
    RCP
    C - S
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