The Communicative Constitution of Organization: Centering Organizational Communication Book

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xii

List of Contributors xiv

1 Introduction: Communication Constitutes Organization Linda L. Putnam Anne Maydan Nicotera Robert D. McPhee 1

2 The Communicative Constitution of Organizations: A Framework for Explanation Robert D. McPhee Pamela Zaug 21

3 Agents of Constitution in Communidad: Constitutive Processes of Communication in Organizations Robert D. McPhee Joel Iverson 49

4 Constitutive Complexity: Military Entrepreneurs and the Synthetic Character of Communication Flows Larry D. Browning Ronald Walter Greene S. B. Sitkin Kathleen M. Sutcliffe David Obstfeld 89

5 Dislocation and Stabilization: How to Scale Up from Interactions to Organization Francois Cooren Gail T. Fairhurst 117

6 Organizing From the Bottom Up? Reflections on the Constitution of Organization in Communication James R. Taylor 153

7 Theory Building: Comparisons of CCO Orientations Linda L. Putnam Robert D. McPhee 187

Author Index 209

Subject Index 214