Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Prologue - Anthony G Athos -- An Allegorical View of Organizational Culture - Peter J Frost et al -- Part One: Perspectives On Organizational Culture -- Introduction - Meryl Louis -- Cultural Organization - John Van Maanen and Stephen R Barley -- Fragments of a Theory -- Is the Concept of Culture a Paradigm for Understanding Organizations and Ourselves? - Linda Smircich -- An Investigator's Guide to Workplace Culture - Meryl Reis Louis -- Part Two: Can Organizational Culture Be Managed? -- Introduction - Joanne Martin -- Founders and the Elusiveness of a Cultural Legacy - Joanne Martin, Sim B Sitkin and Michael Boehm -- After the Founder - Caren Siehl -- An Opportunity to Manage Culture -- The Life Stages of a Symbol - Thomas C Dandridge -- When Symbols Work and When They Can't -- Untangling Webs, Surfing Waves and Wildcatting - Linda A Krefting and Peter J Frost -- A Multiple Metaphor Perspective on Managing Organizational Culture -- On the Feasibility of Cultural Intervention in Organizations - Craig C Lundberg -- Can Organizational Culture be Managed? -- A Synthesis - Walter R Nord -- Part Three: How Should Organizational Culture Be Studied? -- Introduction - Craig C Lundberg -- Managing Research Whilst Researching Managers - Philip H Mirvis -- The Difficulty of Framing a Perspective on Organizational Culture - Guy B Adams and Virginia Hill Ingersoll -- Is Ethics the Issue? - Michael Owen Jones -- Ethical Considerations in Cultural Research in Organizations - Stanley Deetz -- Unethical Business Behavior must be Understood - Charles Butcher -- Part Four: How Are Organizational Cultures And The Wider Cultural Context Linked? -- Introduction - Larry F Moore -- Organization Change as a Symbolic Transformation Process - Per-Olof Berg -- Culture Collisions in Mergers and Acquisitions - Gordon A Walter -- The Transformation of Organizational Cultures - Robert E Quinn and Michael R McGrath -- A Competing Values Perspective -- Linking the Host Culture to Organizational Variables - Brenda E F Beck and Larry F Moore -- A Cultural Perspective on the Study of Industrial Relations - Robert J Davies and Nan Weiner -- Culture as Culture - Mavor Moore -- Part Five: Does Organizational Culture Have A Future? -- Introduction - Peter J Frost -- The Significance of Corporate Culture - Karl E Weick.