New book: Cultural Work of Corporations

Hardcover: 236 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0230618824

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THE CULTURAL WORK OF CORPORATIONS argues that corporate culture—the values, customs, and
conventions of a business organization—has altered how workers conduct themselves both
inside and outside the workplace. Brown demonstrates that corporate culture, an idea
celebrated by business magazines and books, human resources departments, executives, and
management theorists, is really a means of extending and strengthening work's presence
in all aspects of workers' lives, even aspects generally categorized as private.
Innovative in its execution, this book draws together a range of literature and
information, including popular advice books, organizational theory, fiction, corporate
mission statements, business histories, and economic histories.

Megan Brown
Assistant Professor of English
Drake University