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Communication, organizing and organization: An overview and introduction to the Special Issue

Cooren, F.; Kuhn, T.; Cornelissen, J.P.; Clark, T.

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Authors

F. Cooren

T. Kuhn

J.P. Cornelissen

T. Clark



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.

Citation

Cooren, F., Kuhn, T., Cornelissen, J., & Clark, T. (2011). Communication, organizing and organization: An overview and introduction to the Special Issue. Organization Studies, 32(9), 1149-1170. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840611410836

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2011
Deposit Date May 31, 2011
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Organization Studies
Print ISSN 0170-8406
Electronic ISSN 1741-3044
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 9
Pages 1149-1170
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840611410836
Keywords Communicative constitution organization, Constitution, Organizational communication, Organizational identity, Sensemaking, Strategy as practice, Theories of the firm.

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Cooren, F., Kuhn, T., Cornelissen, J.P. & Clark, T. (2011). Communication, organizing and organization: An overview and introduction to the Special Issue. Organization Studies 32(9): 1149-1170. Copyright © The Author(s) 2011. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.




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