The Work of Communication
The Work of Communication: Relational Perspectives on Working and Organizing in Contemporary Capitalism revolves around a two-part question: "What have work and organization become under contemporary capitalism—and how should organization studies approach them?" Changes in the texture of capitalism,...
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| author | Kuhn, Timothy Ashcraft, Karen L Cooren, Francois |
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| description | The Work of Communication: Relational Perspectives on Working and Organizing in Contemporary Capitalism revolves around a two-part question: "What have work and organization become under contemporary capitalism—and how should organization studies approach them?" Changes in the texture of capitalism, heralded by social and organizational theorists alike, increasingly focus attention on communication as both vital to the conduct of work and as imperative to organizational performance. Yet most accounts of communication in organization studies fail to understand an alternate sense of the "work of communication" in the constitution of organizations, work practices, and economies. This book responds to that lack by portraying communicative practices—as opposed to individuals, interests, technologies, structures, organizations, or institutions—as the focal units of analysis in studies of the social and organizational problems occasioned by contemporary capitalism. Rather than suggesting that there exists a canonically "correct" route communicative analyses must follow, The Work of Communication: Relational Perspectives on Working and Organizing in Contemporary Capitalism explores the value of transcending longstanding divides between symbolic and material factors in studies of working and organizing. The recognition of dramatic shifts in technological, economic, and political forces, along with deep interconnections among the myriad of factors shaping working and organizing, sows doubts about whether organization studies is up to the vital task of addressing the social problems capitalism now creates. Kuhn, Ashcraft, and Cooren argue that novel insights into those social problems are possible if we tell different stories about working and organizing. To aid authors of those stories, they develop a set of conceptual resources that they capture under the mantle of communicative relationality. These resources allow analysts to profit from burgeoning interest in notions such as sociomateriality, posthumanism, performativity, and affect. It goes on to illustrate the benefits that investigations of work and organization can realize from communicative relationality by presenting case studies that analyze (a) the becoming of an idea, from its inception to solidification, (b) the emergence of what is taken to be the "the product" in high-tech startup entrepreneurship, and (c) the branding of work (in this case, academic writing and commercial aviation) through affective economies. Taken together, the book portrays "the work of communication" as simultaneously about how work in the "new economy" revolves around communicative practice and about how communication serves as a mode of explanation with the potential to cultivate novel stories about working and organizing. Aimed at academics, researchers, and policy makers, this book’s goal is to make tangible the contributions of communication for thinking about contemporary social and organizational problems. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1605802025-07-29T14:31:48Z The Work of Communication Kuhn, Timothy Ashcraft, Karen L Cooren, Francois Communication as Constitutive of Organization organization studies Knowledge and knowledge management Communication Studies Electronic Messaging Economic Performativity Vice Versa Defined Contribution Retirement Plans Performative Operations Relational Ontologies Metonymic Slides Occupational Branding Glass Slipper Short Term Stock Returns Posthumanist Performativity Lean Startup Mutual Inhabitation Jurisdiction Contests Ipo Initial Public Offering Branding Work Agential Cuts thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJU Organizational theory and behaviour thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour The Work of Communication: Relational Perspectives on Working and Organizing in Contemporary Capitalism revolves around a two-part question: "What have work and organization become under contemporary capitalism—and how should organization studies approach them?" Changes in the texture of capitalism, heralded by social and organizational theorists alike, increasingly focus attention on communication as both vital to the conduct of work and as imperative to organizational performance. Yet most accounts of communication in organization studies fail to understand an alternate sense of the "work of communication" in the constitution of organizations, work practices, and economies. This book responds to that lack by portraying communicative practices—as opposed to individuals, interests, technologies, structures, organizations, or institutions—as the focal units of analysis in studies of the social and organizational problems occasioned by contemporary capitalism. Rather than suggesting that there exists a canonically "correct" route communicative analyses must follow, The Work of Communication: Relational Perspectives on Working and Organizing in Contemporary Capitalism explores the value of transcending longstanding divides between symbolic and material factors in studies of working and organizing. The recognition of dramatic shifts in technological, economic, and political forces, along with deep interconnections among the myriad of factors shaping working and organizing, sows doubts about whether organization studies is up to the vital task of addressing the social problems capitalism now creates. Kuhn, Ashcraft, and Cooren argue that novel insights into those social problems are possible if we tell different stories about working and organizing. To aid authors of those stories, they develop a set of conceptual resources that they capture under the mantle of communicative relationality. These resources allow analysts to profit from burgeoning interest in notions such as sociomateriality, posthumanism, performativity, and affect. It goes on to illustrate the benefits that investigations of work and organization can realize from communicative relationality by presenting case studies that analyze (a) the becoming of an idea, from its inception to solidification, (b) the emergence of what is taken to be the "the product" in high-tech startup entrepreneurship, and (c) the branding of work (in this case, academic writing and commercial aviation) through affective economies. Taken together, the book portrays "the work of communication" as simultaneously about how work in the "new economy" revolves around communicative practice and about how communication serves as a mode of explanation with the potential to cultivate novel stories about working and organizing. Aimed at academics, researchers, and policy makers, this book’s goal is to make tangible the contributions of communication for thinking about contemporary social and organizational problems. 2025-05-28T05:16:31Z 2025-05-28T05:16:31Z 2025-05-27T10:43:18Z 2017 book ONIX_20250527T122911_9781317397984_96 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102832 9781317397984 9781315680705 9781138930155 9781351333498 9780367243067 9781351333504 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160580 eng Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102832/1/9781317397984.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102832/1/9781317397984.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315680705 10.4324/9781315680705 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781317397984 9781315680705 9781138930155 9781351333498 9780367243067 9781351333504 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2022: HSS Backlist Books Routledge 232 Oxford [...] open access |
| spellingShingle | Communication as Constitutive of Organization organization studies Knowledge and knowledge management Communication Studies Electronic Messaging Economic Performativity Vice Versa Defined Contribution Retirement Plans Performative Operations Relational Ontologies Metonymic Slides Occupational Branding Glass Slipper Short Term Stock Returns Posthumanist Performativity Lean Startup Mutual Inhabitation Jurisdiction Contests Ipo Initial Public Offering Branding Work Agential Cuts thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJU Organizational theory and behaviour thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour Kuhn, Timothy Ashcraft, Karen L Cooren, Francois The Work of Communication |
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| topic | Communication as Constitutive of Organization organization studies Knowledge and knowledge management Communication Studies Electronic Messaging Economic Performativity Vice Versa Defined Contribution Retirement Plans Performative Operations Relational Ontologies Metonymic Slides Occupational Branding Glass Slipper Short Term Stock Returns Posthumanist Performativity Lean Startup Mutual Inhabitation Jurisdiction Contests Ipo Initial Public Offering Branding Work Agential Cuts thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJU Organizational theory and behaviour thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour |
| topic_facet | Communication as Constitutive of Organization organization studies Knowledge and knowledge management Communication Studies Electronic Messaging Economic Performativity Vice Versa Defined Contribution Retirement Plans Performative Operations Relational Ontologies Metonymic Slides Occupational Branding Glass Slipper Short Term Stock Returns Posthumanist Performativity Lean Startup Mutual Inhabitation Jurisdiction Contests Ipo Initial Public Offering Branding Work Agential Cuts thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJU Organizational theory and behaviour thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour |
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