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

Aritz, Jolanta [1968-] ; Walker, Robyn

Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2012

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (vi, 280 pages) : Illustrations

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press communication studies series

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-1-61147-438-1 ; 1-61147-438-8 ; 978-1-61147-437-4

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 be used in discourse analysis techniques.