THE WAL-MART ANNUAL-MEETING - FROM SMALL-TOWN AMERICA TO A GLOBAL CORPORATE CULTURE

Authors
SCHNEIDER MJ
Citation
Mj. Schneider, THE WAL-MART ANNUAL-MEETING - FROM SMALL-TOWN AMERICA TO A GLOBAL CORPORATE CULTURE, Human organization, 57(3), 1998, pp. 292-299
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary",Anthropology
Journal title
Human organization → ACNP
ISSN journal
00187259
Volume
57
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
292 - 299
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-7259(1998)57:3<292:TWA-FS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Wal-Mart is this nation's largest and most profitable retailer. A long itudinal analysis of the form and content of the Wal-Mart annual meeti ng demonstrates how Wal-Mart has succeeded in recreating our social or der by restoring the values of a mythic bygone America while simultane ously allowing its followers to participate in a scientific, classless , and rational community.