2021
DOI: 10.1177/2046147x20987337
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Envisioning PR research without taking organizations as collective actors for granted: A rejoinder and extension to Hou

Abstract: In a recent article in Public Relations Inquiry, Jenny Hou has fittingly argued for a stronger focus on agency and actorhood in PR research. We point to two crucial aspects in which we think her arguments need to be extended, namely: (a) embracing the constitutive role of communication for organizational actorhood and agency, and (b) rethinking the role of PR in the constitution of organizational actors. We argue that such extension would allow for an important and radical twist in perspective that highlights … Show more

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“…the assumption that organizations operate as collective actors). Additionally, Buhmann and Schoeneborn (2021) extended Hou's article by discussing the consequences of not fully acknowledging organizations as collective actors in institutions. The authors argued that Hou and significant segments of academia and the industry associated agency with organizations operating as single actors, and needed to consider organizations as collective actors created and maintained in and through communication (Buhmann and Schoeneborn, 2021).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…the assumption that organizations operate as collective actors). Additionally, Buhmann and Schoeneborn (2021) extended Hou's article by discussing the consequences of not fully acknowledging organizations as collective actors in institutions. The authors argued that Hou and significant segments of academia and the industry associated agency with organizations operating as single actors, and needed to consider organizations as collective actors created and maintained in and through communication (Buhmann and Schoeneborn, 2021).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…At the time this paper was written, the most recent institutional theory studies in PR and strategic communication had significant implications for research and practice (e.g. Buhmann and Schoeneborn, 2021; Hou, 2021; Marschlich, 2022). For example, Hou (2021) demonstrated how scholars could amplify the theory's explanatory power by examining the concepts of institutional agency (i.e.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
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