Communication and recovery: Structuration as an ontological approach to organizational culture

Witmer, Diane F.

doi:10.1080/03637759709376427

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“…A number of scholars have interpreted Giddens' findings for the field of communication (Banks & Riley, 1993;McPhee, 1985;McPhee & Poole, 2001;Poole & McPhee, 1983, 2005, and others have used structuration theory to explain various elements of life in organizations, including culture, change, and climate (Bastien, McPhee, & Bolton, 1995;Riley, 1983;Sherblom, Keranen, & Withers, 2002;Witmer, 1997). Most relevant to this study, however, are two pieces by Kirby (2000) and Kirby and Krone (2002).…”

Section: Structuration and Work/life Accommodationsmentioning

confidence: 84%

Be Careful What You Ask For: Structuration Theory and Work/Life Accommodation

Hoffman

Cowan

2010

Communication Studies

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An analysis of 96 employee requests for accommodation revealed the rules and resources that govern the negotiation of work=life issues in organizations. Using Giddens' structuration theory, the authors identified six rules and three resources commonly employed in seeking assistance in achieving work=life balance and identified ways that these rules and resources reproduce and challenge the system. Implications for managers, employees, and researchers are discussed.

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Section: Structuration and Work/life Accommodationsmentioning

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Be Careful What You Ask For: Structuration Theory and Work/Life Accommodation

Hoffman

Cowan

2010

Communication Studies

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“…Guiding questions (Witmer, 1997) were developed to hear parents' stories, the ways they coped, and how they comforted their surviving children.…”

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Creating Philanthropic Foundations to Deal With Grief: Case Studies of Bereaved Parents

Rossetto

2014

Death Studies

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The current study involves the analysis of six bereaved parents' stories and argues that the development of philanthropic foundations helped these parents make meaning of their children's deaths and find purpose in the midst of their grief. Furthermore, philanthropy, as a way of making meaning and finding purpose, is a mutually beneficial process because it helps both the bereaved founders and the communities the organizations reach. Connections between these narratives and the bereavement literature help us better understand the individual/family grief process and meaning making, as well as how internal grief states intersect with communities.

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“…2007; Witmer, 1997). Applying structuration theory specifically to organizational identification, Scott, Corman, and Cheney's (1998) model explicitly addresses the link between activity, identity, and the communication used to express identification.…”

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Connection, Restructuring, and Buffering: How Groups Link Individuals and Organizations

Silva

Sias²

2010

Journal of Applied Communication Research

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Research examining the individualÁorganization relationship has largely ignored the linking role of groups. Grounded in Scott, Corman, and Cheney's (1998) structurational model of organizational identification, we analyzed data obtained from members of groups embedded in a large religious organization. Results revealed three primary ways groups link individual members and the organization via identification. The connection function provides members with local copresent linkages to the organization and an environment in which to express their connection/relationship to the organization. The restructuring function enables members to restructure conflicting individual and organizational identity structures. The buffering function enables members to disidentify with a portion of the organizational identity and still maintain a sense of organizational identification.

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Communication and recovery: Structuration as an ontological approach to organizational culture

Cited by 55 publications

References 46 publications

Be Careful What You Ask For: Structuration Theory and Work/Life Accommodation

Be Careful What You Ask For: Structuration Theory and Work/Life Accommodation

Creating Philanthropic Foundations to Deal With Grief: Case Studies of Bereaved Parents

Connection, Restructuring, and Buffering: How Groups Link Individuals and Organizations

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