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Understanding Corporate Life
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Understanding Corporate Life

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December 2009 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

We live in a society dominated by corporations. Whether working for one or pursuing leisure activities run by one, corporations have come to resonate throughout every aspect of our lives.

This book brings to the forefront contemporary and contested themes and issues about corporate life. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar who demonstrates how these issues and themes have been contextualized and theorized within writing and research.

Each chapter supports the reader with an introduction and summary, review of the relevant literature and research, and a critique of how the theme under discussion fits into the bigger picture presented by the book.

Understanding Corporate Life is of interest to students and researchers in the areas of organizational studies, organizational behavior, HRM as well as sociology, social psychology, social theory, leisure studies, media and cultural studies.


 
Introduction
J Martin Corbett
Technology
Christopher Grey
Speed
Philip Hancock
Aesthetics and Aestheticization
Andre[ac] Spicer
Space
Karen Legge
Time
Glenn Morgan
Globalization
Chris Land
Community
Nick Llewellyn
Identity
Jacky Swann and Maxine Robertson
Knowledge
Emma Surman and Andrew Sturdy
Emotion

Very helpful and thought-provoking presentation of important issues and controversies regarding corporate life.

Mr Christian Lystbaek
Institute of Business and Technology, Aarhus University
December 27, 2012

The book introduces many salient concepts that a student of global governance is required to know. Even those students of global governance who are as yet uninitiated with the particulars of private governance will find the glossary very helpful.

Dr Guenther Auth
Geschwister-Scholl Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians University
November 6, 2012

Excellent critical overview of corporate life. Handy for giving a broad base, challenging understanding of the context in which leadership occurs.

Mr Richard Cotter
Management , National University of Ireland, Maynooth
April 25, 2012

Sample Materials & Chapters

Introduction

Chapter One