Organizational Communication Book

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