Volume One: History and Theoretical Perspectives
PART ONE: HISTORY AND OVERVIEWS OF THE FIELD
W Charles Redding
Stumbling toward Identity
The Emergence of Organizational Communication as a Field of Study
Linda Putnam and George Cheney
Organizational Communication
Historical Development and Future Directions
Linda Putnam, Nelson Phillips and Pamela Chapman
Metaphors of Communication and Organization
James Taylor et al
Organizational Communication Research
Key Moments, Central Concerns and Future Challenges
Dennis Mumby and Cynthia Stohl
Disciplining Organizational Communication Studies
PART TWO: PERSPECTIVES AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES
Stephen Axley
Managerial and Organizational Communication in Terms of the Conduit Metaphor
Leonard Hawes
Social Collectives as Communication
Perspectives on Organizational Behavior
Linda Putnam
The Interpretive Perspective
An Alternative to Functionalism
Stanley Deetz
Describing Differences in Approaches to Organization Science
Rethinking Burrell and Morgan and Their Legacy
Stephen Banks and Patricia Riley
Structuration Theory as an Ontology for Communication Research
James Taylor et al
The Communicational Basis of Organization
Between the Conversation and the Text
PART THREE: COMMUNICATION CLIMATES AND SYSTEMS
Phillip Tomkpkins
Management Qua Communication in Rocket Research and Development
Marshall Scott Poole
Communication and Organizational Climates
Review, Critique and a New Perspective
Marshall Scott Poole
A Turn of the Wheel
The Case for a Renewal of Systems Inquiry in Organizational Communication Research
Noshir Contractor
Self-Organizing Systems Research in the Social Sciences
Reconciling the Metaphors and the Models
Volume Two: Communication Patterns, Networks, and Structures
PART ONE: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Eric Eisenberg, Peter Monge and Katherine Miller
Involvement in Communication Networks as a Predictor of Organizational Commitment
Terrence Albrecht and Vickie Ropp
Communicating about Innovation in Networks of Three US Organizations
Cynthia Stohl
European Managers' Interpretations of Participation
A Semantic Network Analysis
Eileen Ray
When the Links Become Chains
Considering Dysfunctions of Supportive Communication in the Workplace
Steven Corman and Craig Scott
Perceived Networks, Activity Foci and Observable Communication in Social Collectives
PART TWO: MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Section One: Communication Technology in Organizations
Richard Daft and Robert Lengel
Organizational Information Requirements, Media Richness and Structural Design
Ronald Rice
Computer-Mediated Communication and Organizational Innovation
Janet Fulk
Social Construction of Communication Technology
Joseph Walther
Interpersonal Effects in Computer-Mediated Interaction
Section Two: Structuration, Media Genres and Group Decision Support Systems
Robert McPhee
Formal Structure and Organizational Communication
Marshall Scott Poole et al
Group Decision Support Systems and Group Communication
A Comparison of Decision-Making in Computer-Supported and Nonsupported Groups
Geraldine DeSanctis and Marshall Scott Poole
Capturing the Complexity in Advanced Technology Use
Adaptive Structuration Theory
Noshir Contractor and David Seibold
Theoretical Frameworks for the Study of Structuring Processes in Group Decision Support Systems
Adaptive Structuration Theory and Self-Organizing Systems Theory
Wanda Orlikowski and JoAnne Yates
Genre Repertoire
The Structuring of Communicative Practices in Organizations
Volume Three: Relational and Identity Issues
PART ONE: LEADERSHIP, SUPERIOR-SUBORDINATE COMMUNICATION
Fredric Jablin
Superior-Subordinate Communication
Gail Fairhurst and Teresa Chandler
Social Structure in Leader-Member Interaction
Vincent Waldron
Achieving Communication Goals in Superior-Subordinate Relationships
The Multi-functionality of Upward Maintenance Tactics
Gail Fairhurst
The Leader-Member Exchange Patterns of Women Leaders in Industry
PART TWO: ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION
Meryl Louis
Surprise and Sense Making
What Newcomers Experience in Entering Unfamiliar Organizational Settings
Cynthia Stohl
The Role of Memorable Messages in the Process of Organizational Socialization
Connie Bullis and Betsy Bach
Socialization Turning Points
An Examination of Change in Organizational Identification
Vernon Miller and Fredric Jablin
Information-Seeking During Organizational Entry
Influences, Tactics and a Model of the Process
Michael Kramer
Communication and Uncertainty Reduction During Job Transfers
Leaving and Joining Processes
Brenda Allen
Feminist Standpoint Theory
A Black Woman's (Re)View of Organizational Socialization
PART THREE: ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY, IDENTIFICATION AND IDENTITIES
George Cheney
The Rhetoric of Identification and the Study of Organizational Communication
George Cheney
On the Various and Changing Meanings of Organizational Membership
A Field Study of Organizational Identification
Connie Bullis and Philip Tompkins
The Forest Ranger Revisited
A Study of Control Practices and Identification
Craig Scott, Steve Corman and George Cheney
Development of a Structural Model of Identification in the Organization
Maija Holmer-Nadesan
Organizational Identity and Space of Action
Volume Four: Participation, Power and Gender
PART ONE: GROUPS, PARTICIPATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEMOCRACY
Katherine Miller and Peter Monge
Participation, Satisfaction and Productivity
George Cheney
Democracy in the Workplace
Theory and Practice from the Perspective of Communication
Cynthia Stohl and George Cheney
Participatory Processes/
oxical Practices
Communication and the Dilemmas of Organizational Democracy
Linda Putnam and Cynthia Stohl
Bona Fide Groups
A Reconceptualization of Groups in Context
Karen Ashcraft
Organized Dissonance
Feminist Bureaucracy as a Hybrid Form
PART TWO: POWER, ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL, AND RESISTANCE
Phillip Tompkins and George Cheney
Communication and Unobtrusive Control in Contemporary Organizations
James Barker
Tightening the Iron Cage
Concertive Control in Self-Managing Teams
Lisa Howard and Patricia Geist
Ideological Positioning in Organizational Change
The Dialectic of Control in a Merging Organization
PART THREE: GENDER, DIVERSITY AND MULTIPLE VOICES IN ORGANIZATIONS
Dennis Mumby
Feminism, Postmodernism and Organizational Communication Studies
Patrice Buzzanell
Gaining a Voice
Feminist Organizational Communication Theorizing
Angela Trethewey
Disciplined Bodies
Women's Embodied Identities at Work
Erica Kirby and Kathleen Krone
"The Policy Exists, But You Can't Really Use It"
Communication and the Structuration of Work-Family Policies
Karen Ashcraft and Brenda Allen
The Racial Foundation of Organizational Communication
Volume Five: Cultures, Globalization and Discourse
PART ONE: INTERPRETIVE AND CRITICAL VIEWS OF SYMBOLS AND CULTURES
Section One: Organizational Culture and Narratives
Michael Pacanowsky and Nick Trujillo-O'Donnell
Organizational Communication as Cultural Performance
David Boje
The Storytelling Organization
A Study of Story Performance in an Office-Supply Firm
Larry Browning
Lists and Stories as Organizational Communication
Eric Eisenberg
Jamming
Transcendence Through Organizing
Ruth Smith and Eric Eisenberg
Conflict at Disneyland
Ruth Clair
The Use of Framing Devices to Sequester Organizational Narratives
Dennis Mumby
The Political Function of Narrative in Organizations
Section Two: Globalizing Organizational Communication Research
Cynthia Stohl
International Organizing and Organizational Communication
Peter Monge
Communication Structures and Processes in Globalization
Michael Papa, Mohammed Auwal and Arrind Singhal
Dialectic of Control and Emancipation in Organizing for Social Change
A Multitheoretic Study of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh
PART TWO: DISCOURSE AND LANGUAGE IN ORGANIZATIONS
Section One: Discourse and Language Analysis
Eric Eisenberg
Ambiguity as a Strategy in Organizational Communication
Gail Fairhurst
Echoes of the Vision
When the Rest of the Organization Talks Total Quality
Francis Cooren and James Taylor
Organization as an Effect of Mediation
Redefining the Link Between Organization and Communication
Gail Fairhurst and Linda Putnam
Organizations as Discursive Constructions
Section Two: Contradictions, Dialectics, and Irony
Linda Putnam
Contradictions and Paradoxes in Organizations
Dennis Mumby and Linda Putnam
The Politics of Emotion
A Feminist Reading of Bounded Rationality
Dennis Mumby and Cynthia Stohl
Power and Discourse in Organizational Studies
Absence and Dialectic of Control
Angela Trethewey
Resistance, Identity and Empowerment
A Postmodern Feminist Analysis of Clients in a Human Service Organization