Discourse Perspectives on Organizational Communication

Jolanta Aritz is associate professor of clinical management communication at the Center for Management Communication, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. Robyn C. Walker is assistant professor of clinical management communication at the Center for Management Communication, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

The volume is commendable for its rich implicit conception of organizational phenomena related to discourse, power, and inequality. Instead of the more typical focus on a single dimension of difference, the volume attends to such intricate and interwoven issues as domestic relations of diversity and inclusion, heterogeneous national cultures and identities, (post-)colonial relations, power dynamics related to English-language imperatives, and relations with the natural environment.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Four Proposals Toward an Interpretive Theory of the Process of Discursive Reality ConstructionChapter 2: Sustainable Change: A Politically Attentive Discursive Analysis of Collaborative TalkChapter 3: Asian Business Discourse(s)Chapter 4: "Harmonious Disagreement" in Japanese Business DiscourseChapter 5: Problematizing Political Space Through Discursive Analysis: The Case of the United States Cost Guard and the Live Fire Zones of the Great LakesChapter 6: The Rhetorical Legitimation of Organizational Exploration and Exploration InitiativesChapter 7: Introducing British and Spanish Companies to Investors: Building the Corporate Image through the Chairman's StatementChapter 8: Benchmarking Organizational Identity: How Who "We" Are Emerges in Team DialogueChapter 9: Narratives of Diversity in the Corporate Boardroom: What Corporate Insiders Say About Why Diversity MattersChapter 10: Going Green: How Organizations Use Narrative to Build Commitment to Environmental ValuesConclusionIndexAbout the Contributors