Making capitalism: the social and cultural construction of a South Korean conglomerate

"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 organ...

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Main Author: Janelli, Roger L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. Stanford Univ. Press 1993
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Summary:"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 organization; the first anthropological work on South Korean management and its white-collar workers, 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." "Based largely on the author's nine months of participant-observation in the offices of one of South Korea's largest conglomerates (with annual sales of about
Physical Description:X, 276 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:0804716099

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