Authenticity and the Cultural Politics of Work: New Forms of Informal Control

by Peter Fleming

The 'personal' was once something to be put to one side in the work place: a 'professional manner' entailed the suppression of private life and feelings. Now many large corporations can be found exhorting their employees to simply be themselves.

This book critically investigates the increasing popularity of personal authenticity in corporate ideology and practice. Rather than have workers adhere to depersonalising bureaucratic rules or homogenous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199547157
• ISBN13: 9780199547159
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"