This book is about executive and middle level managerial rebellion, protest and revolt.This unique phenomenon may often be a result of a very negative situation, it can also have positive results, such as inducing creative benefits for the company.

Work appears a significant dimension of identity formation : organizational identity, as well as values and social status inferred from work enable the individual to answer the question « Who am I », both for himself and in front of others (Kreiner, Hollensbe, & Sheep, 2006; Pratt, Rockmann, &...

Adapting firms to change relies heavily on the small initiatives taken by operatives in the field or on the line. A group ingenuity is thus produced that can be interpreted in the light of the theory of gift-giving, whence a major issue for management: how to take advantage of unremunerated...

Sociologie de l'entreprise invite un public peu familier avec la sociologie à jeter un regard sur les rapports entre entreprise et société. Les auteurs visent un double objectif : introduire le lecteur à la dimension sociale et culturelle de l'entreprise, trop souvent perçue comme relevant...

Les travaux du sociologue Granovetter n'ont eu jusqu'à présent qu'un faible écho en gestion des ressources humaines, et n'ont probablement pas reçu toute l'attention qu'ils méritaient. L'objectif de la présente analyse consiste à éclairer la démarche de Mark Granovetter, à en montrer...

Research into accountancy has concentrated largely on professional accountants and has tended to ignore accounting clerks. Based on a micro-historical approach and the case of a French company as a starting point, this study explores the evolution of workspace and demonstrates how the space...

The new public management rules backed by the Organic Law on Financial Legislation (lolf) promote civil servants management models which are largely deconcentrated and individualised. In this context the Ministry of Finance agents unions are in search of a new legitimacy which relies both on the...