Disciplining investment bankers, disciplining the economy: Wall street's institutional culture of crisis and the downsizing of "Corporate America"

American Anthropologist

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-189

  Ho, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate downsizing; Financial markets; Organizational culture; Shareholder value; Wall street

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649084650     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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