Contemporary Issues in Management

Edited by Lindsay Hamilton, York Management School, Laura Mitchell, University of York and Anita Mangan, Bristol University, UK

• Contents:Introduction1. The Corruption of Business: A Statement of a Contemporary ProblemGordon Pearson2. Ambiguity as Organisational Practice: An American Pragmatist PerspectiveMihaela Kelemen3. Dignity and Meaningful Work in OrganisationsLaura Mitchell4. Is Paternalism Still Relevant? Changing Culture in a Mutual UK Insurance CompanyDarren McCabe and David Knights5. Youth Employment, Masculinity and PolicyTeresa Oultram6. Hard Work, Productivity and the Management of the Farmed Environment in Anthropological PerspectiveSteven B. Emery7. Disjointed, Degraded and Divided? A Tale of Dirty Work at the Chicken FactoryLindsay Hamilton and Darren McCabe8. Migration into the United Kingdom: Employers and the Function of Migrant LabourSteve French9. Interpreting Technology: Telework and the Myth of LiberationEmma Surman10. Media as Mediation: Uncertainty and Representation in the Construction of NewsBarry Schofield11. Care of the Underdog: Animals, Culture and the Creation of Moral Certainty in the Rescue ShelterNik Taylor and Lindsay Hamilton 12. Where Are the Alternative Organisations in Organisational Behaviour Textbooks?Anita ManganAfterwordPhil JohnsonGlossaryIndex

'This edited collection by Hamilton, Mitchell and Mangan displays wonderfully Keele's tradition of critical engagement with studies and practices of work, management and organizations. The contributions are well-written, philosophically sophisticated and empirically rich discussions of contemporary significant issues such as dignity, justice and truth at work. Students who want to go beyond management-speak and wish to learn more about the messy, contradictory, ambiguous and often dark nature of management as it is practised today will find in this book an inspiring, challenging and informative resource.'