The rhetoric of self‐directive management and the operation of organizational power

Abstract

1995) The rhetoric of self-directive management and the operation of organizational power, Communication Reports, 8:1, 45-53,

The use of Organizational Language of Turkish School Principals toward Teachers as a Means of Motivation and Control

“…While doing so, they make use of various sources of power. According to several authors, these sources include supporting systems, knowledge, reliability, foreseeing the future, legitimacy, persuasiveness, charisma, and establishing trends (Clegg, 1979;Fowler, 1979;Mumby, 1988;Salvador, & Markham, 1995;Tannenbaum, 1962). At this point, we need to address the term organizational control, which comprises three processes based on communication: sharing duties, evaluating the work performed, and rewarding and disciplining employees-also classified as simple control, technical control, and bureaucratic control, respectively.…”