Discursive Practices Of Organizational Identity Negotiations
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2010-07-01
Author(s)
Abstract
How do organizations discursively negotiate organizational identity? In a longitudinal interpretive case study, we investigate the discursive practices of identity negotiations in a non-profit organization. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, documents and participant observations, and in applying a discourse analytical framework, we first identify three distinct discourses that provide the discursive resources for three different identity propositions. Then and in order to understand how these discursive resources are activated and utilized, we reconstruct four distinct discursive practices of organizational identity negotiations: (1) external comparison and differentiation (2) denial of trade-offs and harmonization (3) historization, and (4) moralization. We discuss how this structure relates to other similarly pluralistic organizational contexts.
Language
English
Keywords
Organizational identity
discourse
nonprofit organizations
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Waves of Globalization: Repetition and Difference in Organizing Over Time and Space
Publisher
EGOS European Group for Organizational Studies
Publisher place
Berlin
Start page
20
Event Title
26th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium
Event Location
Lisbon
Event Date
28.06.-03.07.2010
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
69141