Storytelling in organizations [electronic resource] : facts, fictions, and fantasies / Yiannis Gabriel
- Author
- Gabriel, Yiannis, 1952-
- Published
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 266 pages)
Access Online
- Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Same Old Story or Changing Stories? Folkloric, Modern, and Postmodern Mutations -- 2.Storytelling and Sensemaking -- 3.Poetic Modes: Characters, Plots, and Emotions -- 4.Stories, Symbolism, and Culture -- 5.Stories, Culture, and Politics -- 6.Using Stories in Organizational Research -- 7.Heroes, Villains, Fools, and Magic Wands -- 8.Studying Emotion through Stories -- 9.Facing God -- 10.Insults in Storytelling -- Happily Ever After.
- Summary
- Myths and stories are part of the fabric of organizations enabling us to identify and communicate the character of the organization. This book explains how stories enable researchers to study organizational politics, culture and change.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780191684845 (ebook)
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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