Building Theories of Organization
The Constitutive Role of Communication
Price: $95.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-8058-4709-3
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- Publication Date: 10th November 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 192
About the Book
This volume explores the concept of communication as it applies to organizations. Bringing together multiple voices, it centers the discussion of communication’s role in the constitution of organizations within the communication discipline. Editors Linda L. Putnam and Anne M. Nicotera have assembled an all-star cast of contributors, each providing a distinctive voice and perspective.
The contents of this volume compare and contrast approaches to the notion that communication constitutes organizations. Chapters also examine ways that those processes produce patterns that endure over time and those that constitute the organization as a whole. Each chapter examines a number of issues that are central to theories about the communication-organization relationship.
This collection will serve a vital role in defining the role of communication within organizations, while simultaneously bridging various disciplines. It will appeal to scholars and researchers working in organizational communication, organizational studies, management, sociology, groups, and organizational psychology and behavior.
About the Author(s)
LINDA L. PUTNAM (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1977) is a Professor in the Department of Communication at University of California-Santa Barbara. Her current research interests include discourse analysis in organizations, negotiation, and organizational conflict. She is the co-editor of eight books, including Organizational Communication, The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse, and The New Handbook of Organizational Communication.
ANNE MAYDAN NICOTERA (PhD, Ohio University, 1990) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at George Mason University. Her research is grounded in a constitutive perspective and focuses on culture and conflict, diversity, race and gender, and aggressive communication, with a particular interest in healthcare organizations. She has also published five books and numerous articles on these topics.