The Calculated and the Avowed: Techniques of Discipline and Struggles Over Identity in Big Six Public Accounting Firms

An ethnographic field study in Big Six public accounting firms, where management by objectives and mentoring are used as techniques of control, examines how organizations transform professionals into disciplined and self-disciplining organizational members whose work goals, language, and lifestyle c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Administrative science quarterly 1998-06, Vol.43 (2), p.293-327
Hauptverfasser:	Covaleski, Mark A., Dirsmith, Mark W., Heian, James B., Samuel, Sajay
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accountants Accounting Accounting firms Administrative science Avowals Big Six accounting firms Business Business management Business structures Conformity Corporate culture Discipline Ethnography Field study Freedom Identity Knowledge Management audits Management by objectives Management styles Management techniques Management theory Mentoring Mentors Office management Organization theory Organizational behavior Power Professional identity Professional workers Professionals Self control Social control Social psychology Subjectivity Value systems
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