Journal of Organizational Ethnography: Volume 11 Issue 3

Rendering the hidden visible: subjected to “work on the self” in a local labour market measure

Jon Sunnerfjell

The purpose of this article is to complement the literature understanding present labour market measures as infused by a so-called neoliberal rationality, fostering…

Composite actors as participant protection: methodological opportunities for ethnographers

Jennifer MJ Yim, Peregrine Schwartz-Shea

The purpose of this article is to persuade ethnographers to consider using composites for studies in which protecting participants from identification is especially important. It…

A lack of mess? Advice on undertaking video-mediated participant observations

Ea Høg Utoft, Mie Kusk Søndergaard, Anna-Kathrine Bendtsen

This article offers practical advice to ethnographers venturing into doing participant observations through, but not about, videoconferencing applications such as Zoom, for which…

Cultural practices and organizational ethnography: implications for fieldwork and research ethics

Mohammad Alshallaqi

This study focuses on the practical and ethical implications of the cultural practice of wasta for organizational ethnography in the Middle East. Wasta is a form of intercession…

COVID-19 and tourism stakeholders: experience, behaviour and transformation

M.R. Dileep, Joshu Ajoon, Bipithalal Balakrishnan Nair

The tourism sector’s fragility lends significance to mental health and wellbeing, especially amongst workers in the hotel and tourism sectors. However, stakeholders’ subjective…

A Seventh-day Adventist farm community in Tanzania and vegetarianism as a social practice

Tamas Lestar

This paper is the outcome of an empirical research on a Seventh-day Adventist farm in Tanzania. The author investigated the role of Christian spirituality in switching to and…

Multicultural experience in organisations: an auto-ethnographic enquiry

Dhammika (Dave) Guruge

This paper aims to draw attention to multicultural experience as a manager. It is an auto-ethnographic enquiry which comprises own experiences and intercultural and intra-cultural…

Book review: Of what is this a case?

Mike Rowe, Harry Wels