The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life

by David Stark

Book Overview

What counts? In work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are being judged by or how our worth is being determined. This can be disorienting and disconcerting. Because of this, many organizations devote considerable resources to limiting and clarifying the logics used for evaluating worth. But as David Stark argues, firms would often be better off, especially in managing change, if they allowed multiple logics of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691152489
• ISBN13: 9780691152486
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"