Reframing Difference in Organizational Communication Studies: Research, Pedagogy, and Practice

Bringing together prominent scholars in the field of organizational communication to examine the relationship between difference and organizing, this book explores the concept in a comprehensive and systematic way. Part I explores numerous ways in which difference can be critically examined as a communicative phenomenon; Part II addresses how best to teach difference, including pragmatic recommendations for explaining the topic and making it relevant to students' lives; and Part III broadly examines difference as a central construct in applied organizational communication research. Ultimately, the book serves to carve out a new agenda for studies of difference and organization, and it challenges instructors and students alike to think about and explore difference in a more complex and productive manner.

Key Features

The book examines the relationship between difference and organization from three perspectives: research, pedagogy, and practice

The text explores the connection between difference and organization communicatively, examining how difference is both the mechanism through which meanings and identities are organized and also the product of everyday organizing

The authors of the 12 essays constitute a Who's Who of established and emerging scholars in this area, including Brenda Allen, Karen Ashcraft, Patrice Buzanell, Stanley Deetz, Sarah Dempsey, Gail Fairhurst, Lynn Harter, Erika Kirby, Linda Putnam, and William Rawlins