JANETTE WEBB is Reader in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and co-editor of The Changing Politics of Gender Equality. She is a Non-Executive Director of an NHS Scotland Health Board and has published articles in sociology, management studies and psychology journals.

• IntroductionUnderstanding Organisations, Identities and the Self: A Conceptual FrameworkGlobalising Economies and OrganisationsOrganisations, Identities and ConsumptionPublic Service Re-Organisation, Work and Consumer CitizenshipOrganisations and Global Divisions of LabourOccupational Restructuring, Work and Social DivisionsWe are the Company: Work, Control and Identity in the Organisations of Advanced CapitalismOrganisations are Us: Understanding Self-Identity in Organised SocietiesConclusion.