Description
About the Author
Christina Schwabenland is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and Professional Development at London Metropolitan University, UK, and teaches courses on managing diversity and cross cultural management. Previously she worked for 25 years in the voluntary sector, including 13 years as the Chief Executive of the Elfrida Society. She holds an MA and PhD from the University of East London for research into voluntary organizations in the UK and in India.
Reviews
'This beautifully written and brilliantly researched book will appeal to three groups of scholars - those interested in voluntary organizations, in postcolonial studies and in stories and storytelling. The author demonstrates the remarkable power of stories in organizations and their ability to turn into driving forces for action. She opens numerous windows and offers rare insights into the heart of voluntary organizations.' Yiannis Gabriel, Royal Holloway University of London, UK '...a useful addition to the comity of scarce literature on the civil society organizations. It will serve as a handy reference for researchers, scholars, academics and students, besides giving valuable insights to public policy makers to develop a framework of public policy for voluntary organizations.' Vision - The Journal of Business Perspective 'Schwabenland challenges us to engage with the stories of the people in the organizations we are researching and to use their stories as vehicles to explore the different ways in which people imagine the social world and from this create new opportunities to re-imagine their own contexts...Schwabenland's book makes a significant and timely contribution because she offers a way of understanding the connections between the vision and values of voluntary organizations and new ways of imagining and effecting social change.' Organization Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9780754644620
Author Christina Schwabenland
Format Hardback
Page Count 232
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g