Overview
This pathbreaking work extends the boundaries of contemporary anthropological research by presenting in one cohesive, meticulously researched work: an original theoretical perspective on the relationships between the cultural, political, and economic dimensions of a large modern business organisation; the first anthropological study of South Korean management and its white-collar workers, as shown in a case study of one of South Korea's 'big four' conglomerates; and an innovative delineation of how modern business practices are enmeshed in past and present, structure and agency, and local and international systems. Much attention is paid to ideological and more coercive means of controlling white-collar employees, to subordinates' strategies of resistance, and to ways in which cultural understandings and moral claims inform the assessment and pursuit of material advantage.
Full Product Details
Author: Roger L. Janelli ,
Dawnhee Yim
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.376kg
ISBN: 9780804725248
ISBN 10: 0804725241
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 01 March 1995
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Valuable reading for anyone interested in learning about South Korean corporate culture, and also for those interested in the issues of how culture is maintained and remade in a rapidly changing society. The book represents first-rate scholarship with meticulous description based on participant observation and insightful analysis of the findings. --Journal of Asian Studies The brilliance of Janelli's study lies in its intellectual debunking of the prevailing view of organizational behavior. --Economic Development and Cultural Change An anthropological study of contemporary South Korean industrial management... A distinctive and original contribution ... thoughtful, learned, and sensitive. --Business History
"""Valuable reading for anyone interested in learning about South Korean corporate culture, and also for those interested in the issues of how culture is maintained and remade in a rapidly changing society. The book represents first-rate scholarship with meticulous description based on participant observation and insightful analysis of the findings."" - Journal of Asian Studies ""The brilliance of Janelli's study lies in its intellectual debunking of the prevailing view of organizational behavior."" - Economic Development and Cultural Change ""An anthropological study of contemporary South Korean industrial management... A distinctive and original contribution ... thoughtful, learned, and sensitive."" - Business History"
'The book ... discusses with great subtlety Korean culture and society ... Even those of us whose knowledge of anthropological theory and Korean culture is minimal can learn much from it ... It is an important contribution to the literature on the impact of culture on business organization ... This book is also a study of 'control' within business hierarchies ... Janelli's fieldwork enabled him to explore how the different layers of management sought to manipulate subordinates, and how the subordinates responded ... This stimulating book makes a distinctive and original contribution to our understanding of contemporary South Korean business.'Business History
