This e-book is the first of two issues that JOCM has devoted to the topic of discourse and organizational change. The five papers are all empirical studies and utilise a variety of discourse analytic perspectives and methodologies. The issue concludes by discussing the potential for future...

This major work from renowned scholars in the field, analyzes the role of language and symbolic media and shows how this enables us to move to new levels of understanding of contemporary organizational issues. An introductory chapter examines the role and growing importance of discourse in the...

This chapter outlines a discursive epistemology of knowledge production through an analysis of the role of time and context in the social construction of organizational insights, outcomes and theories. While the role of time and context has been widely acknowledged in organizational discourse...

This text covers the areas of talk and action, stories and sensemaking, and discourse and social theory. It also evaluates organizational discourse as a means of enriching our understanding of organization