Engineering Culture: Control and Commitment in a High-Tech Corporation

by Gideon Kunda

'Engineering Culture' offers a critical analysis of an American company's well-known and widely emulated 'corporate culture'. It uses detailed descriptions of everyday interactions and rituals in which the culture is brought to life.

Genres: Business, Anthropology, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Ian Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading Moral Mazes after this, and then I'm killing
myself

[Misty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Get over the yawning cover and dito title. This is a great read of how people actually perceive their 'corporate culture'. In human language. Kudos to Kunda's fine ethnography.

[Lucas Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s one ethnography that I can’t leave at home. I find myself often thinking about Kunda’s work when topics of business anthropology are brought up.

[Douglas · Rating 5 out of 5]

A deeply interesting study which began in '86, published in 1992, saw an update in 2006 and still resonates deeply today.