Organisations, Identities And The Self
Published on 22. September 2006
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-333-80487-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a sociological account of the connections between organizations and people in them, looking at the social processes of self and identity. This book draws upon the latest research and data to provide an informative discussion of the central role of organizations in our lives and to consider what they have done to us, and for us.
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Edition
2006
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
565 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-80487-2 (9780333804872)
DOI
10.1057/9780230213753
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Janette Webb
Organisations, Identities And The Self
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09/2006
Palgrave Macmillan
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JANETTE WEBB is Reader in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and co-editor of The Changing Politics of Gender Equality. She is a Non-Executive Director of an NHS Scotland Health Board and has published articles in sociology, management studies and psychology journals.
Content
Introduction.- Understanding Organisations, Identities and the Self: A Conceptual Framework.- Globalising Economies and Organisations.- Organisations, Identities and Consumption.- Public Service Re-Organisation, Work and Consumer Citizenship.- Organisations and Global Divisions of Labour.- Occupational Restructuring, Work and Social Divisions.- We are the Company: Work, Control and Identity in the Organisations of Advanced Capitalism.- Organisations are Us: Understanding Self-Identity in Organised Societies.- Conclusion.