Deconstructing the Theoretical Language of Process Research: Metaphor and Metonymy in Interaction
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In this chapter, we reflect on process perspectives on organizations from a meta-theoretical viewpoint and discuss the language that researchers use to conceptualize organizations as process. Our considerations are based on two main premises: First, in general, we believe language to be performative in the sense that it constitutes reality (cf. Austin, 1962; Searle, 1969); second, and more directly related to the focus of our inquiry, the ways researchers conceptually reason in terms of implicit assumptions is fundamentally shaped by the language they use (Cornelissen, 2005). More specifically, and in line with studies of science in action (e.g., ...
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Sage Handbook of Process Organization Studies |
Editors | Ann Langley, Hari Tsoukas |
Number of pages | 9 |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc. |
Publication date | 2016 |
Pages | 607-615 |
Article number | 39 |
ISBN (print) | 9781446297018 |
ISBN (electronic) | 9781473957954 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
- Management studies - Organisation studies, Organisation development