1st Edition

Corporate Culture and Globalization Ideology and Identity in a Global Fashion Retailer

By Yi Zhu Copyright 2023
176 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers an ethnographic analysis of how corporate culture has been transformed in the age of globalization and promotes the importance of a national ideology’s role in corporate culture studies. Based on 15 months of participant observation as a shop-floor salesperson, this book explores the gap between management-created corporate ideology and employees’ interpretations of and... Read more

List of Illustrations

1. Introduction  

2. Formation of Corporate Ideology 

3. Reframing Ichi Ideology in Hong Kong  

4. Touring the Store’s Space and Sense of Place 

5. Ichi Training and Identity Formation 

6. Monitoring Ideology Dissemination 

7. Promotional Activities and a Collective Presentation of the Self 

8. Store Managers and Their Kingdoms  

9. Becoming a Real Global Company

Index

Biography

Yi Zhu is a cultural anthropologist based at Lancaster University, UK, specializing in the institutionalization and internalization of culture in the organization, particularly about cultural change and identity negotiation. Her current projects focus on the role of politics in culture change, emotion, and identity work in organization.