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Storytelling in Organizations

From Theory to Empirical Research

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Studying Stories: A Theoretical Background

    1. Introduction

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 1-3
  3. Studying Stories: A Theoretical Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. Stories, Narratives and Storytelling Practices

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 7-25
    3. Narrative Research in Organizational Studies

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 26-44
    4. From Theory to Empirical Research

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 45-50
  4. Research Experience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. Methodology and Methods

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 53-71
    3. Las Cruces: Stories from a Southwestern Bank

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 72-137
    4. From Empirical Research to Discussion

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 138-142
  5. Coming Back To Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
    2. Living Among Stories: Consolidated Narratives

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 145-163
    3. Models of Decision-Making and the Everydayness of Decisions

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 164-187
  6. Coming Back To Theory

    1. Conclusions

      • Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio
      Pages 188-192
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 193-210

About this book

Storytelling in organizations is a notion that encompasses both the stories that the organization produces and the ones told by its members. It provides both an in-depth treatment of the literature on narratives, stories and storytelling and an extensive empirical case from an American banking institution.

About the author

ANNA LINDA MUSACCHIO ADORISIO is a post-doctoral research fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation, currently visiting New Mexico State University. She holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from the Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland. She has conducted research in Switzerland, the United States and Italy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Storytelling in Organizations

  • Book Subtitle: From Theory to Empirical Research

  • Authors: Anna Linda Musacchio Adorisio

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271753

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Macmillan Publishers Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23068-2Published: 21 August 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31165-1Published: 21 August 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-27175-3Published: 20 August 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 210

  • Topics: Organization, Management, Economics, general, Behavioral/Experimental Economics

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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