Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to take account of organizational ethnography in its historical and … methodological context, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Journal of Organizational Ethnography . Design …/methodology/approach – This essay brings together some current issues and concerns in one form of “marked” ethnography. Findings – This essay …

management studies, reflected not least in the success of the Liverpool‐Keele Ethnography Symposium. Findings – Surveying the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the “manifesto” for organisational ethnography being put … forward in the first issue of the Journal of Organizational Ethnography. Design/methodology/approach – The author draws upon … ways in which this type of research and publication can be advanced. Findings – It is wise to see ethnography as much more …

of ethnography as a largely naturalistic mode of enquiry. Design/methodology/approach – Watching television and having a … think. Findings – That the history of ethnography can be told as a process of bringing “them” closer to “us”, and this …

ethnography and propose that public documents offer a way to understand modern cultures. It examines the multiple personalities … Australians ; and the 2008 National Indigenous Reform Agreement . The paper borrows methodology developed for the ethnography of … them. Originality/value – The paper encourages the development of a field of ethnography that analyses public documents as …

, ethnography, and critical management studies, by gently extending the boundaries of understanding how to learn and respond as ways …

of the method of ethnography in the field of commercially‐motivated research. Design/methodology/approach – The objective … of the paper is to explore the method of ethnography from an anthropological perspective, focusing specifically on the … field research method of participant observation. This is in order to examine what of value is being lost as ethnography …

organizational ethnography theoretically. Findings – Ethnographic meaning emerges between researcher, field and audience (the …