Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical framework of external
accounting communication in the form of a typology based on perspectives, traditions, and …

This book is about the basic mechanics of the CEO labor market, how it has changed in the
past twenty years, how it differs from prevailing economic and sociological accounts of it …

I use rhetorical theory to reconceptualize the diffusion of managerial practices. Specifically, I
argue that the diffusion of a practice depends on the discursive justifications used to …

Purpose Companies documents such as annual reports incorporate narratives of repetitive
rhetorical strategies as effective mechanisms adopted by companies' boardrooms to …

The authors examine how competing institutional logics shape institutional fields.
Specifically, they conceptualize control of the modern corporation as an evolving institutional …

Corporate takeovers represent one of the most significant and challenging events in today's
capital market economy, characterized by frequent and rapid transformations in the …

Purpose Taking a communication perspective, the paper explores management's rhetoric in
profit warnings, whose sole purpose is to disclose unexpected bad news …

For the scholar of organizations, higher education is the scene of repeated paradox.
Universities and colleges can range in their behavior from among the most munificent of …

Im na speech urging the US to annex the Philippines in 1900, Senator Albert Jeremiah
Beveridge asked:“What does all this mean for every one of us?" and then readily …

We develop a discursive understanding of organizational inquiry in order to challenge the
status quo characterized by a positivistic approach to organizational inquiry. Specifically, we …