Gendered performances in employment interviewing: interpreting
and designing communication research.
The idea that organizational politics and experience are gendered
is not new. Nor is it groundbreaking to argue that organizational
cultures tend to be male dominated, based on patriarchal . . .
Challenging taken for granted assumptions about employment
interviewing: the case of gender and underrepresented
applicants.
The manuscripts included in the forum challenge readers to
reconsider taken for granted assumptions about the nature of bias
against women and minority applicants in employment interviewing. . . .
Leader-member exchange and organizational communication
satisfaction in multiple contexts.
This study explored the extent to which the quality of
leader-member exchange (LMX) affects subordinates' perceptions of
communication satisfaction in multiple contexts. Findings indicate that
the . . .
Issues advertising as crisis communication: Northwest
Airlines' use of image restoration strategies during the 1998
pilot's stri
This study explores the use of issues advertising as a form of
organizational crisis communication. Specifically, the study analyzes
Northwest Airline's (NWA) use of image restoration strategies . . .
The impact of profitability, certainty, and degree of fine on the
persuasiveness of environmental assessment reports.
Many companies have followed the suggestion of the Environmental
Protection Agency to conduct voluntary self-audits of their
environmental practices. When company environmental assessment . . .
Reflexive methodology: New vistas for qualitative research. (Book
Reviews).
By Mats Alvesson and Kaj Skoldberg. London: Sage, 2000. 319 pages.
FOR ME, THIS BOOK'S TITLE WAS MISLEADING in two ways. First,
"reflexive methodology" suggested dry, ponderous contents
that, as . . .
Global warming wars: Rhetorical and discourse analytic approaches
to ExxonMobil's corporate public discourse.
This paper analyzes texts published by ExxonMobil on the issue of
climate change by employing the related, yet distinct methods that have
evolved under the rubric of rhetorical analysis and . . .
Digging deep for meaning: A critical hermeneutic analysis of CEO
letters to shareholders in the oil industry.
In this paper, we analyze Chief Executive Officers' letters to
shareholders in the United States petroleum industry during the 1970s
and 1980s, focusing on the industry's turbulent relationship . . .
The importance of talk to midcareer women's development: A
collaborative inquiry.
Using phenomenological methods of heuristic inquiry, nine midcareer
women collaborated as co-researchers to explore learning in professional
developmental relationships. Six months' interview and . . .
Storied business: Typology, intertextuality, and traffic in
entrepreneurial narrative.
Based on ten months of field research in a high technology
start-up, and using ethnographic and grounded theory methodologies, this
study identifies six basic narrative types (founding, . . .
Genre systems: Structuring interaction through communicative
norms.
In this paper we demonstrate that teams may use genre
systems--sequences of interrelated communicative actions--deliberately
or habitually, to structure their collaboration. Using data over . . .
Interpretive acts: New vistas in qualitative research in business
communication. A guest editorial.
This special issue of The Journal of Business Communication
reflects the influences of several forces that are slowly but surely
building momentum within the journal, the Association for . . .
Rethinking Organizational and Managerial Communication from
Feminist Perspectives.(Review)
Edited by Patrice M. Buzzanell. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications, Inc., 2000. 328 pages.
ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION is defined by three
relatively distinct paradigmatic . . .
Narrative Discourse and Management Action.
An analysis of the language used by a management team suggests that
narrative discourse helped resolve conflict, influence corporate
decisions, and unify the group. By collectively constructing . . .
Big Stuff, Little Stuff: A Decennial Measurement of
Executives' and Academics' Reactions to Questionable Usage
Elements.(Statist
Many factors, such as word choice, organization, suitability to
reader and discourse community, and numerous other rhetorical
considerations, influence readers' perception of "good
writing." The . . .
The Organisation of External Communication Disciplines in UK
Companies: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis of Dimensions and
De
The subject of the organisation of` a company's external
communications has been characterised by enduring debate exemplified in
the discussions on the relationship between marketing and . . .
Language-Based Communication Zones in International Business
Communication.
This paper presents a model of language-based communication zones
in international business communication. The model builds on Du-Babcock
and Babcock's (1996) descriptions of expatriate-local . . .
Worlds of E-Commerce: Economic, Geographical and Social
Dimensions.(Review)
Edited by Thomas R. Leinbach and Stanley D. Brunn. Chichester: John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2001. 353 pages.
THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT COMMUNICATION. In fact, communication is
dealt with in only one . . .
The Expressive Organization: Linking Identity, Reputation, and
the Corporate Brand.(Review)
Edited by Majken Schultz, Mary Jo Hatch, and Mogens Holten Larsen.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 292 pages.
THE EXPRESSIVE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES a comprehensive set of
readings that . . .
The Incidence and Quality of Graphics in Annual Reports: An
International Comparison.(Statistical Data Included)
Graphical presentation of financial and non-financial information
represents a relatively low-cost means by which companies can enrich
their annual reports. Graphics focus readers' attention. . . .
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