Futures of organizational ethnography

2021 ◽  
pp. 213-226
Author(s):  
Katherine Parsons ◽  
David Courpasson ◽  
Rick Delbridge
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Ethnography

Organizational ethnography after lockdown: “walking with the trouble”

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 358-368
Author(s):  
Frans Kamsteeg ◽  
Layla Durrani ◽  
Harry Wels
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Ethnography

The Fact of Fiction in Organizational Ethnography

1979 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 539 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Van Maanen
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Ethnography

scholarly journals Ethnography and Organizational Ethnography: Research Methodology

2021 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 91-102
Author(s):  
Anuruddika Jayathilaka
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Organizational Ethnography

Responding to organizational identity change: ethnographic insights from multinational hotel subsidiaries

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Sun-Ah Ponting
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identity ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Hospitality Management ◽  
Organizational Memory ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emotional Challenges ◽  
Organizational Ethnography ◽  
History Of

Purpose This paper aims to use an organizational ethnography perspective to explore how subsidiary hotel properties of a multinational hotel corporation experience planned organizational identity (OI) change instituted by headquarters. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a multi-site approach to collect ethnographic data on organizational change from six hotel subsidiaries in California, USA. Over three years, multiple sources of data were collected including: 31 interviews with hotel subsidiary leaders; more than 100 participant observation hours including job shadows, conferences and meetings; and photographs and internal communication materials. Findings Multinational hospitality companies face struggles between corporate standardization and subsidiary localization. This paper reveals that when headquarters plan changes focused on employees at their subsidiaries, the ways the latter initially accept and resist change are significantly impacted by the organizational memory and history of subsidiary leaders. However, as time progressed, properties with strong financial performance continued to operationalize new identity initiatives while properties with poorer profit margins played a balancing act between headquarters’ visionary identity and subsidiary ownership’s revenue expectations. Additionally, the situational realities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to all properties which amplified practical and emotional challenges of organizational ethnography in hospitality research. Originality/value This paper contributes to hospitality literature by introducing an under-researched concept, OI change and advances understanding of the struggles in managing multinational company change. More importantly, this paper is a stepping stone for future hospitality management to embark on organizational ethnography.

Organizational Ethnography: Studying the Complexities of Everyday Life

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sierk Ybema ◽  
Dvora Yanow ◽  
Harry Wels ◽  
Frans Kamsteeg
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Organizational Ethnography

Organizational Ethnography

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Neyland
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Ethnography

Testing relevance and applicability: reflections on organizational anthropology

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Marie Vad Karsten
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Settings ◽  
Organizational Ethnography ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Anthropological Fieldwork ◽  
Organizational Anthropology ◽  
Key Aspects

Purpose Starting from the challenges and implications of doing organizational ethnography within the organization which the researcher is also employed by, the purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the idea of “passing the test” in relation to such ethnographic endeavor. The paper discusses how “collaboration” on projects and in product development processes with colleagues/informants is a precondition for passing “tests,” which unfolded as subtle, verbalized demands made by colleagues/informants during fieldwork. Design/methodology/approach Longitudinal anthropological fieldwork was carried out as part of an industrial PhD project, which investigates digitization as organizational, professional and social practices in the Danish construction industry. The fieldwork lasted on/off from April 2017 to December 2018. Various forms of participant observation and collaborative ethnographic methods were used during fieldwork. Findings The paper investigates how these “tests” focused on two key aspects: the relevance of anthropology in a profit-oriented, technical corporate organization; and the application of anthropological theories and ethnographic methodologies for the benefit of product development, usability studies and organizational change. It is argued that the tests were passed through collaborative engagements, where the author oscillated between positions as collegial insider and outside researcher for the dual benefit of both commercial interests and research interests. Originality/value The paper suggests that daring to collaborate and co-create products (as something different than texts) during organizational fieldwork for the benefit of both corporate and ethnographic interests offers strong possibilities for keeping ethnography relevant and applicable, passing tests in organizational settings and advancing ethnography’s impact in the world.

Practising Organizational Ethnography

2017 ◽  
pp. 331-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dvora Yanow ◽  
Sierk Ybema ◽  
Merlijn van Hulst
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Ethnography
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