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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959956603321

Titolo

Discourse perspectives on organizational communication / / edited by Jolanta Aritz and Robyn C. Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, NJ, : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-68393-893-3

1-280-65957-2

9786613636508

1-61147-438-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press communication studies series

Altri autori (Persone)

AritzJolanta <1968->

WalkerRobyn

Disciplina

302.3/5

302.35

Soggetti

Communication in organizations

Industrial management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Four Propositions toward an Interpretive  Theory of the Process of Discursive  Reality Constructio; 2 A Politically Attentive Discursive Analysis  of Collaborative Talk; 3 Asian Business Discourse(s); 5 Analyzing Political Space through Discourse; 6 The Rhetorical Legitimation of Organizational Exploration and Exploitation Initiatives; 7 Introducing British and Spanish Companies  to Investors; 8 Benchmarking Organizational Identity; 9 Narratives of Diversity in the  Corporate Boardroom; 10 Going Green; Conclusion; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Discourse Perspectives in Organizational Communication brings together researchers from the social sciences and humanities to look at discourse and how it shapes organizations and their social actors. Unlike others in the field, this book assumes that language creates and constitutes reality, rather than simply mirroring or describing it. This collection illustrates the variety of organizational phenomena that might be studied and the range of epistemological and methodological approaches that might