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Semiotics and the Study of Occupational and Organizational Cultures
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Abstract : Semiotics offers an approach for researching and analyzing systems of meaning that undergrid occupational and organizational cultures. Following a synopsis of semiotic theory, this paper presents data from an ethnosemantic study of a funeral home and demonstrates that semiotically identical codes structure a funeral director's understanding of his various tasks. The analysis not only suggests that semiotic research captures the redundant themes which characterize insiders' interpretations of this work world, but that it is also sensitive to the mundane, but critical, aspects of a culture. Finally, the study shows how semiotic research can elucidate rules by which members of a work culture consistently and coherently generate meaning. (Author)
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- Authors
- Barley, S. R.
- Venue
- Administrative Science Quarterly
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1983-09
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 393
- ISSN
- 0001-8392 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1984144801
- Cited by
- 562
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 206.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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