Organizational ethnographies: an underutilized resource in the sociology of work. From: Social Forces | Date: June 1, 1998| Author: Hodson, Randy | COPYRIGHT 1998 University of North Carolina Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Organizational ethnographies have provided many insights about the nature of work that have subsequently been tested using archival and survey methods. To extend their use from generating ideas to testing theories, I code and analyze data on organizational characteristics and workplace experiences from the existing population of English-language ethnographies (N = 108). The analysis confirms existing understandings, such as the importance of job autonomy for pride and effort. The analysis als...

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