Company Celebrations in International Firms in Bulgaria. Are We What We Celebrate?

Bolgurova Rossitsa ()
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Bolgurova Rossitsa: St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Faculty of Philosophy, 15 Tzar Osvoboditel blvd., 1504Sofia, Bulgaria

Comparative Southeast European Studies, 2020, vol. 68, issue 4, 485-504

Abstract: Workplace celebrations are a festive genre influenced by local and global socioeconomic transformations and cultural trends. This article presents a qualitative study of company celebrations in international firms in Bulgaria. Festivities, which are the object of study, are conceptualised as a medium through which identities are constructed, managed, and shared. The goal is to explore labour relations through the prism of such non-work events and trace the dynamics between the local and the international, between notions of ‘us’ and ‘them’, individual and organisational identities. The presented case studies are based on in-depth interviews with a range of stakeholders and on participant observation in celebrations organised by firms for their employees.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2020-0034

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