Why folklore and organization(s)?

Article Abstract:

Folklorists should not only continue, but also expand their studies in organizational behavior. The overlapping of these two disciplines since the 1970s has stirred much controversy. Some traditional folklorists scoff at studies of modern institutions, such as factories or corporations, and at organizational behaviorists' stabs at folklore studies. However, the folklorists have much to gain, including a wider audience, by studying the culture of organization.

Practice, Study and teaching, Organizational behavior, Folklorists, Myths and legends

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"Tradition" in identity discourses and an individual's symbolic construction of self

Article Abstract:

Research directions in studies of individual artists in different traditions is surveyed and the efforts of a person who has used tradition as a resource from which his identity is constructed as he faces the various ups and downs of life are presented. It is seen that individuals sub-consciously adopt and adapt tradition as a part of their discourse regarding who they are and what they want to be, thus using tradition for constructing their identity.

Influence, Surveys, Artists, Tradition (Theology), Tradition (Religion)

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How can we apply event analysis to "material behavior," and why should we?

Article Abstract:

The principles identified by folklorist Robert A. Georges, which defined storytelling, also apply to "material behavior." Material behavior is the behavior by which people construct, alter, and respond to the material world. It can refer to the making of folk art objects. Georges described stories not as a collection of linguistic texts but as a communicative event that occurs within a social context.

Criticism and interpretation, Storytelling, Narration (Rhetoric), Narration

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