Constructing opportunities for contribution: structuring intertextual coherence and "problematizing" in organizational studies

Article Abstract:

Examining a sample of journal articles, we develop a grounded theory of contribution that shows how organization studies theorists textually construct opportunities for making contributions to the field. The analyses reveal two major processes and the associated rhetorical practices that texts invoke in establishing opportunities for contribution. The study's findings point to the richness of contribution by illuminating how uniqueness claims are textually produced and legitimated in the context of science. The construction of contribution in organization studies is more complicated than has been assumed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Analysis, Organizational research, Written communication, Intertextuality

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Beyond self-management: antecedents and consequences of team empowerment

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Research was conducted to examine the consequences, antecedents and mediational influence of team empowerment with a model having four dimensions, namely, meaningfulness, potency, impact and autonomy. The objective was to test the hypotheses yielded by the team empowerment model. Data were collected from a total of 111 work teams in four organizations. Results indicate that employee team empowerment efforts were enhanced by the actions of external leaders, team-based human resources policies, production/service duties and the social structure of teams.

Research, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Industrial management

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