Understanding Identity and Organizations
- Kate Kenny - National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, Queens University, Belfast, UK, Queens University Belfast, Ireland
- Andrea Whittle - Newcastle University, UK
- Hugh Willmott - Cardiff Business School, UK
An understanding of identity is fundamental to a complete understanding of organizational life. While conventional management textbooks touch on in-groups, cohesion and discrimination, Understanding Identity and Organizations offers instead a deeper, more nuanced understanding of why people, groups and organizations behave the way they do. With conceptions of identity perhaps less stable than they have ever been, Willmott, Whittle and Kenny make complex theoretical issues accessible to the reader through the use of lively examples from popular culture. The authors present an overview of the key issues, as well as an examination of cutting-edge research and topical forces currently redefining identity, such as globalization, the fair trade movement and online identities.
This text is a succinct, relevant and exciting overview of the field of identity studies as it relates to business and management and applied social sciences, and is an invaluable resource to undergraduate and postgraduate students of management on any course that has an identity component.
This is an essential book for making sense of the theme of identity in organizations, the key issues, dimensions and approaches, as well as how to do research on it. It is essencial for a global overview at undergraduate level, and for more detailed explorations at masters level.
Nice and well-written text. Not 100% relevant to my module.
Is is too much detailed on specify subjects for our aims.
It is very well written and rich in its perspectives.
Will be adopted as supplemental reading for the new second year marketing course being launched next year
A brilliant book that focuses on issues relating to identity within an organisational context. Well written and extremely informative!
A brilliant book that focuses on issues relating to identity. Well written and extremely informative!
Excellent and thorough analysis of key aspects of identity theory in general and perspective on identity in particular.
This is a fantastic book, offering a comprehensive overview of identity and organizations. A pleasure to read, with effective signposting to other sources. The book covers the key thinkers, issues and concepts and, unlike some texts, it looks to the future directions of this field.
This is a very strong book to support the significant topic of identity in the wider subject of organisaitonal behaviour. Very useful for assigned essay work and student research in this area.
Very interesting and accessible. Covers all the main areas well with up to date literature. Good for undergraduates
