Ethnomethodology at Work

Key academics in ethnomethodology bring together one of the most important bodies of research into people''s working practices to develop in the social sciences over the past fifty years. Graham Button, John Hughes and Wes Sharrock contribute to the volume and demonstrate the important contribution that ethnomethodological studies have so far made, and will continue to make, to understandings the ways in which people actually accomplish work from day to day and moment to moment.

Bringing together one of the most important bodies of research into people''s working practices, this volume outlines the specific character of the ethnomethodological approach to work, providing an introduction to the key conceptual resources ethnomethodology has drawn upon in its studies, and a set of substantive chapters that examine how people work from a foundational perspective. With contributions from leading experts in the field, including Graham Button, John Hughes and Wes Sharrock, Ethnomethodology at Work explores the contribution that ethnomethodological studies continue to make to our understanding of the ways in which people actually accomplish work from day to day. As such, it will appeal not only to those working in the areas of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, but also to those with interests in the sociology of work and organisations.