Organizational Ethnography : Studying the Complexity of Everyday Life

by Sierk Ybema

• ISBN13: 9781847870469
• ISBN10: 1847870465
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-10
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Organizational Ethnography brings contributions from leading scholars in organizational studies that help to develop an ethnographic perspective on organizations and organizational research. The authors explore the special problems faced by organizational ethnographers, from questions of gaining access to research sites to various styles of writing ethnography, the role of friendship relations in the field, ethical issues, and standards for evaluating ethnographic work.

Author Biography

Sierk Ybema, Dvora Yanow, Harry Wels Frans Kamsteeg are all at the Department of Culture, Organization and Management at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.

Table of Contents

Studying Everyday Organizational Life

Ethnographic Doing and Writing

Getting Going: Organizing Ethnographic Fieldwork

Ethnographic Practices: From 'Writing-up Ethnographic Research' to 'Writing Ethnography'

Reading and Writing as Method: In Search of Trustworthy Texts

When the 'Subject' and the 'Researcher' Speak Together: Co-producing Organizational Ethnography

Familiarity and 'Stranger-Ness'

Making the Familiar Strange: A Case for Disengaged Organizational Ethnography

Zooming In & Zooming Out: A Package of Method and Theory to Study Work Practices

From Participant Observation to Observant Participation

At-home Ethnography: Struggling with Closeness and Closure

Researcher-Researched Relationships

Lies from the Field: Ethical Issues in Organizational Ethnography

'But I Thought We Were Friends?' Life Cycles and Research Relationships

Critical Action Research and Organizational Ethnography

Beyond Complicity: A Plea for Engaged Ethnography

Annotated Bibliography

Defining 'Organizational Ethnography': Selection Criteria

Bibliography

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