The spread and use of English as the lingua franca of international business (IB) – “corporate Englishization” – has received increasing scholarly attention in recent years but the focus has mostly been on the communication benefits and challenges of using English as a shared language...

A continuing debate in the field of management and organization studies is whether globalization is giving rise to universal ways of working. This study contributes to the debate by turning the attention to management consultancy work, an area of economic activity that is often said to be highly...

After many years in which it appeared to be losing the pre-eminent position it had occupied in the lexicon of the social and human sciences, the term 'capitalism' has once again become a matter of critical concern, both theoretically and substantively, in a range of disciplinary fields. The...

The early twenty-first century is witnessing both an increasing internationalization of many markets, firms, and regulatory institutions, and a reinforcement of the key role of nation states in managing economic development, financial crises, and market upheavals in many OECD and developing...

The paper examines the way in which the management of a large life insurance company controls its sales force. Whilst the paper seeks to contribute to an understanding of an under-researched occupational area - that of sales - it is concerned to do this within a theoretical framework derived...

The paper explores the extent to which the family remains of significance within the workplace. Considering material derived from a study of a textile mill in Yorkshire, the paper shows that family ties remain crucial within the company. It then goes on to consider the significance of these...

The paper argues that the understanding of gender relations at work necessitates an explicit consideration of corporate strategy and managerial practices. Through the detailed examination of relations within a financial services company, we show how certain important issues of corporate strategy...

Expertly written by leading scholars from a range of different starting points, this compendium presents a synthesis of recent work relating to institutionally-informed accounts from transitional and emerging markets, as well as from mature economies. It specifically focuses on the linkage...