Storytelling in organizations : facts, fictions, and fantasies /

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Author / Creator:Gabriel, Yiannis, 1952-
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description:vii, 266 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4289459
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ISBN:0198297068
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Towards a Theory of Organizational Storytelling
  • Chapter 1. Same Old Story or Changing Stories? Folkloric, Modern, and Postmodern Mutations
  • Chapter 2. Storytelling and Sensemaking
  • Chapter 3. Poetic Modes: Characters, Plots, and Emotions
  • Chapter 4. Stories, Symbolism, and Culture
  • Chapter 5. Stories, Culture, and Politics
  • Part II. Working with Stories
  • Chapter 6. Using Stories in Organizational Research
  • Chapter 7. Heroes, Villains, Fools, and Magic Wands: Computers in Organizational Folklore
  • Chapter 8. Studying Emotion Through Stories: Organizational Nostalgia
  • Chapter 9. The Organizational God: When Organizational Members Come Face to Face With the Supreme Leader
  • Chapter 10. Insults in Storytelling
  • Conclusion: Happily Ever After