| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1 Introduction -- 2 Consumption -- the shortcomings of affluence -- 3 Explaining the consumption paradox -- why aren't people (more) satisfied? -- 4 Higher education -- triumph of the knowledge-intensive society? -- 5 Higher education -- an image-boosting business? -- 6 Modern working life and organizations -- change, dynamism, and post-bureaucracy? -- 7 Organizational structures on the beauty parade -- imitations and shop-window dressing -- 8 A place in the sun -- professionalization projects and other status and influence ambitions -- 9 Leadership -- a driving force or empty talk? -- 10 The triumph of imagology -- a paradise for tricksters? -- 11 The costs of grandiosity |
| Summary |
This second edition updates Alvesson's significant critique of the economy of persuasion, where organisations and groups assign resources to rhetoric, image, and reputation rather than production of goods and services. It examines critical phenomena such as the knowledge society, consumption, higher education, organisational change, and leadership |
| Notes |
This edition also issued in print: 2022 |
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Previous edition: 2013 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed June 2, 2023) |
| Subject |
Corporate culture.
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Organizational behavior -- Social aspects
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Materialism.
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Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
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Branding (Marketing)
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Consumption (Economics)
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materialism (philosophical movement)
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branding.
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Branding (Marketing)
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Civilization, Modern
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Consumption (Economics)
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Corporate culture
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Materialism
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Organizational behavior -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191955655 |
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0191955655 |
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9780192688767 |
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0192688766 |
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