Search Results - subject:"discourse theory"

Bridging Troubled Waters : Linking Corporate Efficiency and Political Legitimacy Through a Discourse Theory of the Firm

Siebecker, Michael R. - 2014

influence over business policies, can a new “discourse theory” of the firm guide the evolution of corporate law better than … “discourse theory” of the firm. Discourse theory provides a set of robust political and organizational principles to guide the … regarding the amenability of corporate law to discourse theory, this Article puts substantial doctrinal meat on the bones by …

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Projecting Different Identities : A Longitudinal Study of the 'Whipsaw' Effects of Changing Leadership Discourse About the Triple Bottom Line

Bayle-Cordier, Julie - 2014

This paper focuses on changes in leadership's discourse about the "triple bottom line" in Ben & Jerry's ice cream from its founding days through to its acquisition by and integration into Unilever. For this study, we analyzed CEO claims about "who we are" from their letters in annual reports...

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Building a ‘Box’ - Discourses of School Design in the UK

Nikitina-Den Besten, Olga N.; Horton, John; Kraftl, Peter; … - 2013

There is currently considerable activity in the UK directed towards the reconstruction or refurbishment of secondary and primary schools. In this context, the paper looks closely at various discourses that evolve around school architecture. The omnipresent discourses at the national level are...

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Bridging Structure and Agency : Processes of Institutional Change

Dolfsma, Wilfred; Verburg, Rudi - 2013

The tension between (social) order and change, or, alternatively formulated, between structure and agency, has a long history in the social sciences (e.g. Verburg 1991). The discussion has substantial philosophical overtones. In this article we recount the history of the discussion. We both...

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การวิเคราะห์วาทกรรมเชิงประจักษ์ ว่าด้วยความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างอัตราแลกเปลี่ยนและการส่งออกสินค้าอุตสาหกรรม (An Empirical Discourse Analysis on Correlations between the Exchange Rate and Exports of Industrial Products)

Pamornmast, Chayongkan - 2013

การวิจัยครั้งนี้ มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อวิเคราะห์วาทกรรมในเชิงประจักษ์...

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Reconstructing World Politics : Norms, Discourse, and Community

Cho, Sungjoon - 2013

This Article argues that the conventional (rationalist) approach to world politics characterized by political bargain cannot fully capture the new social reality under the contemporary global ambience where ideational factors such as ideas, values, culture, and norms have become more salient and...

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Using Discourse to Restore Organisational Legitimacy : ‘CEO-Speak’ after an Incident in a German Nuclear Power Plant

Beelitz, Annika - 2013

We analyze managerial discourse in corporate communication (‘CEO-speak') during a six month period following a legitimacy-threatening event in the form of an incident in a German nuclear power plant. As discourses express specific stances expressed by a group of people who share particular...

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Кризисный Дискурс 'Единой России' и Кпрф : Сравнительный Анализ (Crisis Discourse of 'United Russia' and CPRF: A Comparative Analysis)

Sokolov, Andrey - 2013

Политическая система любого государства, в том числе и России, неизбежно изменяется, эволюционирует, отвечая на вызовы окружающего мира. Далеко не последнее...

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From PIIGS and the Drive Towards Austerity : The Discursive Construction of the Eurozone Crisis & Its Impact on European Welfare States

Petry, Johannes - 2013

The financial crisis of 2007-09 soon morphed into a crisis of public debt. This paper argues that the way the Eurozone crisis was discursively constructed led to a large scale entrenchment of European welfare states. First of all, how the crisis was constructed did not reflect its actual causes...

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Zur Bedeutung von "Konventionen" in der Arbeitsverwaltung : die Vergabepraxis des Gründungszuschusses

Grüttner, Michael - 2013

Der Gründungszuschuss ist das bedeutendste Förderinstrument zur Existenzgründung aus Arbeitslosigkeit. Während umfangreiche Evaluationsstudien zu seinen arbeitsmarktpolitischen Wirkungen vorliegen, gibt es bislang kaum theoriegeleitete Arbeiten, die seine Vergabe in den Arbeitsagenturen...

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