Ethnography And Process Change In Organizations
Methodological Challenges In A Cross-Cultural, Bilingual, Geographically Distributed Corporate Project
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5948656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth F Churchill (0009-0009-7452-8805), Jack Whalen (0000-0003-0721-2818) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 2005 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 179-187 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings (CONFERENCE) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1559-890X • E-ISSN: 1559-8918 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1559-8918.2005.tb00020.x |
| OpenAlex | W2140498620 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
We detail an ongoing, consultancy partnership, where ethnographic field methods are being used to elucidate the work practices of software engineers in a large organization. We focus on intellectual and logistical challenges that we face as a team – non-collocation; widely varying experience of ethnographic methods, local language and culture; and conflicting responsibilities and lines of accountability. We consider the social spheres in which our team members operate and the sociality of our team as a whole. As ethnographic teams are increasingly considered de rigueur within corporations for cultural translation in the face of globalization, the issues we face are likely to become more commonplace
Accountability · Engineering ethics · Ethnography · Face (sociological concept · General partnership · Globalization · Knowledge management · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropology · Computer Science · Engineering · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Open Source Software Innovations · Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2020 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |