Ritual as Work Strategy
A Window into Organizational Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18988971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E K Briody (0000-0001-6218-371X, ElSohly Laboratories (United States), corresponding author), Edward Berger (0000-0003-0337-7607, Purdue University West Lafayette), Edward J Berger, Elizabeth Wirtz (0000-0002-3533-9325, Purdue University West Lafayette), Anthony Ramos (The Graduate Center, CUNY), Gireesh Guruprasad (Mitsuba (Japan)), Edward F Morrison, Edward Morrison (0000-0001-6635-5507, Purdue University West Lafayette) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 189-201 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/0018-7259.77.3.189 |
| OpenAlex | W2891481052 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
Learning in cooperation and/or collaboration with others is embedded in many higher education settings. Research on learning communities of various types often focuses on academic performance and pedagogical and curriculum enhancements. Our intent was to explore the cultural aspects of peer-to-peer collaboration. We apply the analytic lens of ritual to understand how engineering majors manage this “betwixt and between” phase of their lives prior to graduation. Our ethnographic and survey data go beyond confirming the emergence of “communitas” (an egalitarian and collaborative community spirit) among these undergraduates, to examine its value, how it works, and why it is sustained. We argue that students learn and adopt various work strategies, many of which are collaborative efforts, in response to the engineering school's organizational culture. This research raises options for new collaborations to transform the organizational culture while enhancing student performance and the college experience
Organizational culture · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Window (computing) · Work (physics) · Biomedical and Engineering Education · Computer Science · Engineering · Engineering Education and Curriculum Development · Problem and Project Based Learning
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Nonrational Classroom Performance
Magnets and Seekers
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Conceptualizing and Measuring Collaboration
School Ritual as Performance
The Campus Tour
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |