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- Title
- Identification strategies and unobtrusive control in organizational change initiatives: A textual analysis of corporate newsletters.
- Creator
- Glover, Laurie A., Florida Atlantic University, Darlington, Patricia
- Abstract/Description
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To be successful, organizations that undertake a large-scale planned change initiative must maintain employee commitment and loyalty to the organization. Identification with the organization can support that objective and is crucial in changing organizations when managers often introduce different cultural assumptions, values, and norms than those held by the organization's members. Employee identification with the organization is also pivotal in the employee's decision making process. This...
Show moreTo be successful, organizations that undertake a large-scale planned change initiative must maintain employee commitment and loyalty to the organization. Identification with the organization can support that objective and is crucial in changing organizations when managers often introduce different cultural assumptions, values, and norms than those held by the organization's members. Employee identification with the organization is also pivotal in the employee's decision making process. This study analyses a representative sample of an organization's newsletter published during a reengineering project. Identification strategies of common ground, the assumed we, antithesis and unifying symbols are used as the foundation for analysis. Results show that identification strategies are consistently used in this genre of organizational communication to maintain employee commitment during a change initiative. In addition, three additional tactics of the common ground strategy were uncovered: enlistment, self-congratulation and knowledge-sharing. The implications of these results are discussed.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12837
- Subject Headings
- Organizational change., Newsletters., Communication in organizations., Corporate culture.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A cultural and social perspective on black Greek-letter organization membership: Perceptions of power and influence through affiliation.
- Creator
- Malone, Dwan Vine., Florida Atlantic University, Darlington, Patricia
- Abstract/Description
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For nearly a century, historically black Greek-letter organizations have contributed to the educational, social, political and cultural experience of African-Americans. Consequently, these organizations composed of more than one million educated blacks have developed a unique subculture within the black community. This research investigates "black Greek" culture, its social impact, the influence of its members, and member and non-member perceptions of the black Greek experience. Ethnographic...
Show moreFor nearly a century, historically black Greek-letter organizations have contributed to the educational, social, political and cultural experience of African-Americans. Consequently, these organizations composed of more than one million educated blacks have developed a unique subculture within the black community. This research investigates "black Greek" culture, its social impact, the influence of its members, and member and non-member perceptions of the black Greek experience. Ethnographic interviews and a questionnaire reveal that: (1) Members and non-members show significant familiarity with black Greek culture and believe that the culture is meaningful to African-American culture overall, and that (2) Members and non-members believe that membership in black Greek-letter organizations is a conduit for power and influence among African-Americans.
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- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15632
- Subject Headings
- African Americans--Societies, etc, Greek letter societies
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Muslim Women: Between Culture and Feminism.
- Creator
- Alotaibi, Hanadi, Darlington, Patricia, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
- Abstract/Description
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Women’s rights in Islam became a major subject after the third feminist movement in the United States. When feminism spread globally, many Islamic scholars connected it to Islam. Islamic feminism is a term that takes most of its ideologies from the two primary sources of Islam – the Quran and the Sunnah. This qualitative research explained the bias directed towards women in Islam by using objective reasoning through examples as well as by encompassing any misinterpretation of views regarding...
Show moreWomen’s rights in Islam became a major subject after the third feminist movement in the United States. When feminism spread globally, many Islamic scholars connected it to Islam. Islamic feminism is a term that takes most of its ideologies from the two primary sources of Islam – the Quran and the Sunnah. This qualitative research explained the bias directed towards women in Islam by using objective reasoning through examples as well as by encompassing any misinterpretation of views regarding women’s rights in Islam. The method used was a content analysis. The findings were that Islam is a feminist religion. While Islam provides Muslim women with full rights, U.S. and Saudi Arabian cultures have impeded Islamic feminism. Lastly, the U.S. feminism started as a movement by women to empower women. However, Islamic feminism first focused on the rights of all human beings, then concentrated on women in Islam.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004563, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004563
- Subject Headings
- Islam--21st century., Muslim women--Islamic countries--Social aspects., Women in Islam., Islam and secularism--History., Feminism--Islamic countries., Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam., Women's rights--Islamic countries., Equality before the law--Islamic countries.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
