A Companion to Organizational Anthropology

A Companion to Organizational Anthropology is a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades from the study of work and economic organizations to a broader research agenda of analyzing complex organizations that include government agencies, transnational corporations, supernational regulatory bodies and non–profit organizations.  The Companion outlines the historical development of the field, and surveys the rich variety of ethnographic methods and how they are used in the study of organizations. The authors illuminate such vital topics as organizational dynamics, entrepreneurship, partnerships, organizational innovation, social networks, cognitive models and team building, organizational dysfunctions, global networked organizations, NGOs, indigenous organizations, labor unions, virtual communities, as well as corporate culture and social responsibility.  The authors study processes in organizations and also the complex relationships among organizations and how those relationships impact and are impacted by market, societal and global issues.  The Companion demonstrates how the work anthropologists conduct in complex organizations is a body of work so large, broad–based and important to understanding of life in the twenty–first century as to constitute an important subfield in the discipline. Leading scholars provide the most up–to–date and comprehensive coverage of developments in the field, to make this new companion the authoritative guide for researchers, instructors and students in anthropological studies of complex organizations.

Notes on Contributors viii Abstracts xiv Expanding the Field of Organizational Anthropology for the Twenty–first Century 1 Ann T. Jordan and D. Douglas Caulkins Part I Critique and Theory 25 1. The Organization of Anthropology and Higher Education in the United States 27 Davydd J. Greenwood 2. The Changing Rhetoric of Corporate Culture 56 Allen W. Batteau 3. New Institutional Approaches to Formal Organizations 74 Marietta L. Baba, Jeanette Blomberg, Christine LaBond, and Inez Adams 4. Entrepreneurship Studies 98 Peter Rosa and D. Douglas Caulkins 5. Neurological Model of Organizational Culture 122 Tomoko Hamada Connolly Part II Methods and Analysis 147 6. Social Networks and Organizations 149 Brandon Ofem, Theresa M. Floyd, and Stephen P. Borgatti 7. A Mixed–Methods Approach to Understand Global Networked Organizations 167 Julia C. Gluesing 8. Measuring Organizational Dynamics 193 Gerald Mars 9. Semiotics of Organizations 204 Joseph D. Hankins 10. An Ethnography of Numbers 219 Daniel Neyland 11. Managing Conflict on Organizational Partnerships 236 Elizabeth K. Briody Part III Organizational Processes 257 12. Working on Work Organizations 259 Charles N. Darrah and Alicia Dornadic 13. Organizational Innovation Is a Participative Process 275 Morten Levin 14. Communities of Practice 289 Susan Squires and Michael L. Van De Vanter 15. Organizational Networks and Social Capital 311 Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen and Christian Waldstrøm 16. American Labor Unions as Organizations 328 Paul Durrenberger and Suzan Erem 17. Virtual Organizations 346 Christina Wasson 18. Sustaining Social Sector Organizations 362 Joan A. Tucker and D. Douglas Caulkins Part IV Globalization, Development, and Modernization 379 19. The Contemporary World of Finance 381 Allen W. Batteau 20. Globalization, Modernization, and Complex Organizations 399 Ann T. Jordan 21. Chinese Business Ventures into China 418 Heidi Dahles and Juliette Koning 22. Corporate Social Responsibility: Interaction between Market and Community 438 Bengi Ertuna 23. NGOs and Community Development: Assessing the Contributions from Sen’s Perspective of Freedom 455 J. Montgomery Roper 24. Why Are Indigenous Organizations Declining in Latin America? 471 Carmen Martínez Novo 25. Australian Indigenous Organizations 493 Sarah E. Holcombe and Patrick Sullivan 26. Organization of Schooling in Three Countries 519 Edmund T. Hamann, Saloshna Vandeyar, and Juan Sánchez García Index 538

D. Douglas Caulkins is emeritus professor of anthropology at Grinnell College and emeritus director of the Donald L. Wilson Program in Enterprise and Leadership. His research encompasses voluntary organizations and social capital in Norway, entrepreneurship and regional development in the UK (Wales, Scotland, Northeast England), heritage sites and national identity in the UK and US, and anthropological contributions to management theory. He has published in various journals and books and currently is engaged in social entrepreneurship and organizational development projects. Ann T. Jordan is professor of anthropology at University of North Texas. She is an applied anthropologist specializing in business anthropology, globalization and transnational organizations, Saudi Arabia, and North American Indian studies, and is the author of the books Business Anthropology and The Making of a Modern Kingdom: Globalization and Change in Saudi Arabia .