The organizational lunch
The organizational lunch
This paper examines a hitherto neglected detail of organizational life – the lunch break, a daily event, which bears important implications for organizations and their people. We propose a theoretical framework for understanding differences in lunch break practice based on an anthropological theory of comparative cultures, and contextualize it in current management discourse. A national representative survey of organizational lunch practices in one country, the UK, is presented. We explore examples that demonstrate the utility of the lunch break for identity formation, the management of people at work and change management. The paper concludes with an agenda for further research.
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Altman, Yochanan
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Baruch, Yehuda
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June 2010
Altman, Yochanan
bce7c8fc-4848-4b4d-a30a-889ac4550817
Baruch, Yehuda
25b89777-def4-4958-afdc-0ceab43efe8a
Abstract
This paper examines a hitherto neglected detail of organizational life – the lunch break, a daily event, which bears important implications for organizations and their people. We propose a theoretical framework for understanding differences in lunch break practice based on an anthropological theory of comparative cultures, and contextualize it in current management discourse. A national representative survey of organizational lunch practices in one country, the UK, is presented. We explore examples that demonstrate the utility of the lunch break for identity formation, the management of people at work and change management. The paper concludes with an agenda for further research.
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 February 2010
e-pub ahead of print date: 23 June 2010
Published date: June 2010
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Local EPrints ID: 486972
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/486972
ISSN: 1475-9551
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