{"product_id":"organizations-and-identity-paperback-softback-9780745653631","title":"Organizations and Identity (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745653631","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOrganizations and Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory S. Larson (Author), Rebecca Gill (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745653631, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 April 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.6 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"In this accessible and thought-provoking book, Larson and Gill pull together a number of threads in research on organizational identification, including ways identity is a problem for organizations and members and how 'local' concerns relate to wider social trends. They also point to avenues for further exploration, while integrating knowledge from other disciplines.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeorge Cheney, University of Colorado\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Organizations are not only where we go to make money. They are also places where we make ourselves. Provocative and insightful, \u003ci\u003eOrganizations and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e challenges us to consider the multiple ways that organizational life forms, shapes, and manages our identities. Larson and Gill provide the most comprehensive and accessible treatment of organizations and identity to date.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSteve May, University of North Carolina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question “who am I?” represents one of the key challenges of contemporary life in a globalized world. For most of us, organizations play a key role in answering that question.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Gregory Larson and Rebecca Gill explain how identities are formed, managed, and regulated in our interactions with organizations, and why identity has become so relevant in modern life. Their examination includes frameworks for organizing and understanding identity scholarship, the nature of multiple identities and how these are managed, and the use of identity as a way to control workers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOrganizations and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a discursive approach to the topic, highlighting what is unique and consequential about studying identity from a communication perspective. It is essential reading for students and scholars of organizational communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Exploring Communicative Approaches to Identity and Organizations\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Forming and Managing Identities\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Fragmenting and Intersecting Identities\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Regulating and Resisting Identities\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Informing Key Organizational Processes through Discursive Approaches to Identity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Researching and Practicing Identity\u003cbr\u003e References\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407323951384,"sku":"9780745653631","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745653631.jpg?v=1784161849","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/organizations-and-identity-paperback-softback-9780745653631","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}