Postmodern assumptions employed by some organizational theorists recognize that
“administrators' greater power lies not in their ability to control resources but in their ability to …

It is said that all the world is a stage. But how do organizations physically stage
performances such as sales pitches and research presentations? Drawing on a 14-month …

ROFESSOR Goodall's essay raises at least four important issues facing scholars who are
interested in developing interpretive accounts of symbolic action in formal organizations …

Although communication is widely accepted as central to the construction of organizational
culture, researchers in organizational theory and in rhetoric and professional communication …

Forum Introduction Page 1 Forum Introduction Organizational Communication Scholars as
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These three snippets are main ingredients for this chapter's meal. By the chapter's
conclusion, it will be apparent that the dish being prepared is a stew. When ready for …

Drawing on rhetorical theory and structuration, this article proposes genres of organizational
communication as a concept useful for studying communication as embedded in social …

Organization designers give too little attention to how structures emerge through processes
of social interaction. They often implicitly presume that what is designed can be …

We develop and corroborate the latent aspect of institutional theory that institutional
spectators observe and reproduce inter-organizational symbolism. Prior research has …

Labels, metaphors, and platitudes are linguistic artifacts that organizational leaders produce,
steal, borrow, or buy from consultants for a high price. Studies on organizational change …