Discourse Perspectives on Organizational Communication

Introduction

Chapter 1: Four Proposals Toward an Interpretive Theory of the Process of Discursive Reality Construction
Chapter 2: Sustainable Change: A Politically Attentive Discursive Analysis of Collaborative Talk
Chapter 3: Asian Business Discourse(s)
Chapter 4: "Harmonious Disagreement" in Japanese Business Discourse
Chapter 5: Problematizing Political Space Through Discursive Analysis: The Case of the United States Cost Guard and the Live Fire Zones of the Great Lakes
Chapter 6: The Rhetorical Legitimation of Organizationl Exploration and Exploration Initiatives
Chapter 7: Introducing British and Spanish Companies to Investors: Building the Corporate Image through the Chairman's Statement
Chapter 8: Benchmarking Organizational Identity: How Who "We" Are Emerges in Team Dialogue
Chapter 9: Narratives of Diversity in the Corporate Boardroom: What Corporate Insiders Say About Why Diversity Matters
Chapter 10: Going Green: How Organizations Use Narrative to Build Commitment to Enviromental Values
Conclusion
Index
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