Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
Series |
New ethnographies |
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New ethnographies.
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Contents |
Cover ; Salvage ethnography in the financial sector; Contents ; List of figures and tables ; Acknowledgements ; Series editor's foreword ; 1 Introduction: ethnography, history and the vagaries of research ; 2 History: from the Bank of Scotland's origins to HBOS and crisis; 3 Theory: explaining financial crisis and conceptualising capitalism ; 4 Culture: nations, banks and the organisation of power and social life ; 5 Change: discourses of agency and progress in organisational change ; 6 Identity: struggles with personhood, nationhood and professional virtue |
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7 Comparison: doing ethnography and thinking comparatively 8 Conclusion ; Epilogue ; References ; Index |
Summary |
A historical ethnography of banking practices during the merger of Halifax and the Bank of Scotland into HBOS, it provides illumination on the 2008 economic crisis through review of the role of national identities, the different styles and ethos of business, the tension and unrest prevalent during the merger and the implications for future development within the organisation |
Analysis |
2008 financial crisis |
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Bank of Scotland |
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HBOS |
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Halifax |
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comparisons |
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culture |
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economic crisis |
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ethnographic data |
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financial sector |
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nation hood |
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organisationsal change |
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personhood |
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social change |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
CIP data; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Halifax Building Society.
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Bank of Scotland.
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SUBJECT |
Bank of Scotland fast |
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Halifax Building Society fast |
Subject |
Banks and banking -- Scotland -- History -- 21st century
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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
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Bank mergers -- Scotland -- History -- 21st century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
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Bank mergers
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Banks and banking
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Scotland
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781526108357 |
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1526108356 |
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9781526108340 |
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1526108348 |
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