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Power and Discourse in Organization Studies: Absence and the Dialectic of Control
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This paper argues for a postmodern conception of power in which discourse is conceived as the principal medium through which power relations are maintained and reproduced. Specifically, power is identified as a pervasive characteristic of organizational life which constitutes the identity of organization members. Discourse, as a structured social practice, creates meaning formations rooted in a system of presence and absence which systematically privileges and marginalizes different organizational experiences. By way of exemplification, three organizational texts are subject to a deconstructive analysis in order to explicate the processes through which meaning structures are produced and reproduced organizationally.
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- Authors
- Mumby, D. K., & Stohl, C.
- Venue
- Discourse & Society
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1991-07
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 313-332
- ISSN
- 0957-9265 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-3624
- OpenAlex
- W1982880727
- Cited by
- 298
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 5.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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