"`Alvesson and Deetz rehearse the arguments against neo-positivism and quantitative research very effectively… also make the important distinction between qualitative work in general and critical qualitative work in particular. The arguments here feel fresh and engaged, helped along by numerous illustrations and examples from particular research studies. …a welcome antidote to the majority of methodology books, especially in a climate wh ..."
"The Communication Yearbook is an annual review of current research in communication published in cooperation with the International Communication Association. The series provides readers with the very latest and best research in the field of communication studies. Divided into three sections, Volume 16 first focuses on contemporary issues in organizational communication studies from both a US and European perspective. Section Two exami ..."
"Volume 17 of the Yearbook focuses on interpersonal interaction, especially the constitutive processes within everyday communication. Contributors first consider issues in the relationship between communication and identity construction. Part Two focuses on message characteristics and what messages do in interaction. Part Three considers value and policy issues for communication studies in light of the ubiquitous nature of communication, ..."
"Communication Yearbook 40 completes four decades of publishing state-of-the-discipline literature reviews and essays. In the final Communication Yearbook volume, editor Elisia L. Cohen includes chapters representing international and interdisciplinary scholarship, demonstrating the broad global interests of the International Communication Association. The contents include summaries of communication research programs that represent the m ..."
"Framing, Naming, and Witnessing in Overcoming Structural Violence and
Marginalization Jeremy Rinker Sara Cobb teaches us that, [Al]though it may be
therapeutic to tell a story of victimization, much depends on the nature of the
witnessing of that story and its social construction within a collective.1 The
veracity of this statement is illustrated here by the story of Ram. Ram is a short
man whose expression is both diminutive and p ..."
"This book honors the life and work of the late W. Barnett Pearce, a leading theorist in the communication field. The book is divided into four sections. The first section will lead with an essay by Barnett Pearce. This will be followed by sections on (1) practical theory, (2) dialogue, and (3) social transformation. In the broadest sense, these are probably the three general themes found in the work of Pearce and his colleagues. In ..."
"Central to a transformational approach to conflict is the idea that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns, and social and discursive structures and must be addressed as such. This implies the need for systemic change at generative levels, in order to create genuine transformation at the level of particular conflicts. Central, also, to this book is the idea that the origins of transformation can be momen ..."
"This book addresses the role of communication in cultural change efforts within organisations especially during periods of transition, mergers, technological innovations and globalisation."
"qualitative. methodology. For some time, considerable dissatisfaction has existed
with conventional approaches to social research, including management
research. Much of this conventional research was dominated by positivistic or ..."
"This book addresses the role of communication in cultural change efforts within organizations, especially during periods of transition, mergers, technological innovations and globalization."
"This volume considers current economic problems in the USA, develops a stakeholder model of corporate decision making, explores growing diversity and the need for attention to more basic negotiation processes, and explores new conceptions of interaction for improving corporate decision making."