by Sarah Easter, Mary Yoko Brannen | Jan 13, 2017 | Paper
Showcasing a sixteen-month ethnographic study of a coalition to end homelessness in Western Canada, we show how the integration of two theoretical perspectives—institutional logics and negotiated culture—can be used as complementary, yet distinct lenses to better...
by Allen W. Batteau, Gladis Cecilia Villegas | Jan 13, 2017 | Paper
Since the 1980s, it has generally been accepted that corporations have cultures, and that corporate culture bears an important, if poorly understood, relationship to corporate performance. Figuring out how to measure, fine-tune, and adjust corporate culture has been a...
by Michael G. Powell | Jan 13, 2017 | Paper
This paper seeks to broaden the discipline of professional anthropology by considering the role of the anthropologist as a curator and a guide for the mediation of cultural symbols, artifacts and products in and among the organizations we work for or with. It employs...
by Erik Vinkhuyzen, Melissa Cefkin | Jan 13, 2017 | Case Study
Case Study—Recognizing that the movement of cars on the road involves inherently social action, Nissan hired a team of social scientists to lead research for the development of autonomous vehicles (AVs) that engage with pedestrians, bicyclists, and other cars in a...
by Aakash Solanki, Sarvesh Tewari | Jan 13, 2017 | Case Study
Case Study—Based on experience of working in the Department of School Education, Government of Haryana on a Management Information System being built to reduce administrative workload on teachers and bureaucrats, this case study describes how ethnography was used to...
