Publication Type

Transcript

Publication Date

9-2011

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of previous work that has explored the processes and mechanisms by which communication constitutes organizing (as ongoing efforts at coordination and control of activity and knowledge) and organizations (as collective actors that are 'talked' into existence). We highlight differences between existing theories and analyses grounded in communication-as-constitutive (CCO) perspectives and describe six overarching premises for such perspectives; in so doing, we sharpen and bound the explanatory power of CCO perspectives for organization studies more generally. Building on these premises, we develop an agenda for further research, call for greater cross-fertilization between the communication and organization literatures, and illustrate ways in which communication-informed analyses have complemented and strengthened theories of the firm, organizational identity, sensemaking, and strategy as practice.

Keywords

communicative constitution of organization, organizational communication, constitution, sensemaking, organizational identity, theories of the firm, strategy as practice

Discipline

Business and Corporate Communications | Organizational Communication

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Organization Studies

Volume

32

Issue

9

First Page

1149

Last Page

1170

ISSN

0170-8406

Identifier

10.1177/0170840611410836

Publisher

SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840611410836

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