Identity studies focus on how organisations define themselves and what they stand for in relation to internal and external stakeholders. This handbook offers an introduction to the growing field of organisational identity and a broad range of the most important theories and methods for the study...

This handbook examines the concept, practices, and effects of meaningful work in organisations and beyond. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it reflects diverse scholarly contributions from philosophy, political theory, psychology, sociology, organisational studies, and economics.

Organizational Culture and Leadership -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Foreword -- About the Authors -- Part One: Defining the Structure of Culture -- 1. How to Define Culture in General -- The Problem of Defining Culture Clearly -- Accumulated Shared Learning -- Basic...

This multidisciplinary overview tackles ethics from the viewpoints of critical social theory, practice and implications. Among the issues addressed are equal opportunities environmental responsibility and corporate governance

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...

This upper-level introductory text of organisations provides a comprehensive understanding of the functions of formal organisations and the challenges they face. The importance of forces that organisations or their leaders cannot fully control is a key distinctive theme of the book

In the second edition of 'The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate', a team of leading international scholars presents the state-of-the-art in the field. Following the preface by Edgar Schein, 33 entirely new chapters document the development and maturing of ideas canvassed in the...