Organizational ethnography: an illustrative Application in the Study of Indian R&D settings

Type

Book

Authors

V Suchitra Mouly

Jayaram K Sankaran

ISBN 10

0803992114

ISBN 13

9780803992115

Tags

Ethics, Social Sciences, Business Ethics

Description

After providing a comprehensive introduction to the concept and methods of ethnographic research, V. Suchitra Mouly and Jayaram K. Sankaran critically evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of survey and ethnographic research methods. They then describe the in-depth, microlevel ethnographic study that they conducted and discuss the various aspects involved in the successful application of ethnographic research methods in the study of a public-sector R&D team in India. Based on their ethnographic analysis, they conclude that centralized administration, excessive bureaucracy, and authoritarianism coupled with professional mediocrity and apathetic superiors can seriously hinder the quality of life and work of an R&D team.--From Amazon

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