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| Author: | Hatch, M. J. |
| Title: | Irony and the social construction of contradiction in the humor of a management team |
| Journal: | Organization Science
1997 : MAY-JUN, VOL. 8:3, p. 275-288 |
| Index terms: | TEAM WORK ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Because organizations are discursively organizaed social realities and ironic humor is a form of discourse built on contradiction, the study of organizational discourse involving ironic humor provides a means to explore the contradictory aspects of organizing and to contribute to a contradiction-centered view of organizations. This paper examines how humorous discourse constructs contradictory thoughts and organizes the emotional lifeworld of everyday organizational experience in contradictory ways. Theories of irony and humor in combination with interpretations of instances of ironic humor in a management team formed the exploration's basis. |
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