Organizational Ethnography

Jenna Pandeli is a senior lecturer at University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK.Neil Sutherland is a senior lecturer at UWE, Bristol, UK.Hugo Gaggiotti is a professor at UWE, Bristol, UK.

Organizational Ethnography sets a new standard for scholarly reflection and theoretical inquiry. The editors have assembled a smart and engaging set of essays on ethnographic methods in diverse organizational contexts. Readers will find traditional topics assessed with a fresh lens, as well as some issues—exiting the field, studying sensitive issues—that have received far less attention than they deserve. For newcomers to the craft as well as seasoned practitioners, this volume on "hanging out" in organizations is a must read. - Sudhir Venkatesh, Columbia University, USA

• 1. Outlining a practical, emotional and reflexive approach to Organisational Ethnography Part I: EMOTIONS, ETHNOGRAPHY AND FIELDWORK 2. Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself! Are you cut out for Ethnographic fieldwork? 3. Too close for comfort? The challenges and unexpected consequences of immersed ethnography 4. Removing the Rose-Tinted Glasses: Fear, Risk and Being Uncomfortable in Ethnographic Fieldwork 5. Choosing to reach beyond academic goalposts: Ethnographer as compassionate advocate inside an immigration detention centre Part II: ETHNOGRAPHY IN THE FIELD 6. Learning and doing autoethnography: resonance, vulnerability and exposure 7. Rapid ethnographies in organisations: ensuring rich data and timely findings 8. Deception as a Moral Project: Covert Research and the Construction of the Ethical Self 9. Ethnography on sensitive topics: children’s sexuality education in Spain 10. Reflexivity in Audio-Visual Ethnography: Thinking through Practice Part III: BEYOND THE FIELD 11. Exiting the field: when does an ethnography finish? 12. Jotting it down: Writing and analysing fieldnotes 13. Making sense of field material: from euphoria to despair and back 14. Learning to Fly: On Teaching the Ethnographic Craft 15. Futures of Organizational Ethnography: (Post) Pandemic Reflections and New Possibilities