Organizational culture : mapping the terrain
"Expert author Joanne Martin examines a variety of conflicting ways to study cultures in organizations, including different theoretical orientations, political ideologies (managerial, critical, and apparently neutral); methods (qualitative, quantitative, and hybrid approaches), and styles of writing about culture (ranging from traditional to postmodern and experimental). In addition, she offers a guide for those who might want to study culture themselves, addressing such issues as: What qualitative, quantitative, and hybrid methods can be used to study culture? What standards are used when reviewers evaluate these various types of research? What innovative ways of writing about culture have been introduced? And finally, what are the most important unanswered questions for future organizational culture researchers?."--Publisher
xii, 402 pages ; 24 cm
9780803972940, 9780803972957, 0803972946, 0803972954
46240229
Introduction and Overview
The Culture Wars
Pieces of the Puzzle: What Is Culture? What Is Not Culture?
Single-Perspective Theories of Culture
A Three-Perspective Theory of Culture
Interests and Claims of Neutrality
To Count or Not to Count?
Putting It All Together: Reviews of Sample Studies
Writing About Cultures: A Crisis of Representation?
Cultural Boundraries: Moveable, Fluctuating, Permeable, Blurrred, and Dangerous
Terra Incognita: Ideas for Future Research