Abstract
The transformation of East German companies is presented as a crisis in cor porate reality construction. The socialist system has generated a particular view on what is "real" as opposed to the fictions of the official philosophy. The notion of the "self" and of "solidarity" lay at the core of this "socialist realism." The change to market economy has shaken up many an idea which was previously taken for granted. The same process also exposes corporate reality constructions under the conditions of capitalism as fragile and precar ious.
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