The Cultural Work of Corporations argues that corporate culture - the
values, customs, and conventions of a business organization - has
altered how workers conduct themselves both inside and outside the
workplace. Brown demonstrates that corporate culture, an idea celebrated
by business magazines and books, human resources departments,
executives, and management theorists, is really a means of extending and
strengthening work's presence in all aspects of workers' lives, even
aspects generally categorized as private. Innovative in its execution,
this book draws together a range of literature and information,
including popular advice books, organizational theory, fiction,
corporate mission statements, business histories, and economic
histories.