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| Author: | Bragd, A. (et al.) |
| Title: | Discourse as the means of community creation |
| Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Management
2008 : SEP, VOL. 24:3, p. 199-208 |
| Index terms: | case studies organizations product development mergers Sweden |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study aims to propagate the concept of "discourse communities" in the context of organizing, as it extends the commonly accepted Foucault's insight that discourses tend to create their objects. Discourses have also been thought to create the identities of their participants. In this paper, the concept is used as an analytical tool for three cases. The cases demonstrate that discourses can both create and dissolve boundaries around a discourse community. Although discourse is often used to create inclusion, it may also recreate the traditional patterns of exclusion. |
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