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Working Misunderstandings: An Ethnography of Project Collaboration in a Multinational Corporation in India
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Abstract Misunderstandings are often perceived as something to be avoided yet delineate an integrative part of everyday work. This book addresses the role that misunderstandings play in collaborative work and, above all, their effects on the organisational result. As exemplified by project collaboration acro... view more
Misunderstandings are often perceived as something to be avoided yet delineate an integrative part of everyday work. This book addresses the role that misunderstandings play in collaborative work and, above all, their effects on the organisational result. As exemplified by project collaboration across three offices of a multinational corporation in India, the author explores how misunderstandings shape the organisational system and why they prove not only necessary but even productive for organisational functioning. In doing so, she offers new ways to think about collaboration and establishes 'misunderstanding' as a key factor of insight for the field of organisational research.... view less
Keywords
multinational corporations; international cooperation; organizational culture; ethnography; social system; intercultural communication; cultural factors; organizational structure; value-orientation; India; Asia
Classification
Organizational Sociology
Free Keywords
Collaboration; Economic Sociology; Ethnology; Globalization; Misunderstanding; Multinational Organisations; Work
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
315 p.
Series
Arbeit und Organisation, 5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839458679
ISSN
2703-0326
ISBN
978-3-8394-5867-9
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed