Anonymous Agencies Backstreet Businesses And Covert Collectives

Author : Craig Scott
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804785631

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Anonymous Agencies, Backstreet Businesses, and Covert Collectives by Craig Scott Pdf

Many of today's organizations "live in public"; they devote extensive resources to branding, catching the public eye, and capitalizing on the age of transparency. But, at the same time, a growing number of companies and other collectives are flying under the radar, concealing their identities and activities. This book offers a framework for thinking about how organizations and their members communicate identity to relevant audiences. Considering the degree to which organizations reveal themselves, the extent to which members express their identification with the organization, and whether the audience is public or local, author Craig R. Scott describes collectives as residing in "regions" that range from transparent to shaded, from shadowed to dark. Taking a closer look at groups like EarthFirst!, the Church of Scientology, Alcoholics Anonymous, the KKK, Skull and Bones, U.S. special mission units, men's bathhouses, and various terrorist organizations, this book draws attention to shaded, shadowed, and dark collectives as important organizations in the contemporary landscape.

Author : Sarah Jane Blithe,Anna Wiederhold Wolfe,Breanna Mohr
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479859290

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Sex and Stigma by Sarah Jane Blithe,Anna Wiederhold Wolfe,Breanna Mohr Pdf

An intimate and original look at the lives of Nevada’s legal sex workers through the voices of current and former employees, brothel owners, madams, and local law enforcement The state of Nevada is the only jurisdiction in the United States where prostitution is legal. Wrapped in moral judgments about sexual conduct and shrouded in titillating intrigue, stories about Nevada’s legal brothels regularly steal headlines. The stigma and secrecy pervading sex work contribute to experiences of oppression and unfair labor practices for many legal prostitutes in Nevada. Sex and Stigma engages with stories of women living and working in these “hidden” organizations to interrogate issues related to labor rights, secrecy, privacy, and discrimination in the current legal brothel system. Including interviews with current and former legal sex workers, brothel owners, madams, local police, and others, Sex and Stigma examines how widespread beliefs about the immorality of selling sexual services have influenced the history and laws of legal brothel prostitution. With unique access to a difficult-to-reach population, the authors privilege the voices of brothel workers throughout the book as they reflect on their struggles to engage in their communities, conduct business, maintain personal relationships, and transition out of the industry. Further, the authors examine how these brothels operate like other kinds of legal entities, and how individuals contend with balancing work and non-work commitments, navigate work place cultures, and handle managerial relationships. Sex and Stigma serves as a resource on the policies guiding legal prostitution in Nevada and provides an intimate look at the lived experiences of women performing sex work.

Author : Anon Collective
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781953035318

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Book of Anonymity by Anon Collective Pdf

Author : Boris H. J. M. Brummans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317223238

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The Agency of Organizing by Boris H. J. M. Brummans Pdf

Winner of the 2018 Outstanding Edited Book Award from the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association The Agency of Organizing explains why the notion of agency is central to understanding what organizations are, how they come into existence, continue to exist, or fade away, and how they function. Written by leading organizational communication scholars, the chapters in this edited volume present seven different theoretical perspectives on agency in the dynamics of organizing. Authors discuss how they conceptualize agency from their own perspective and how they propose to investigate agency empirically in processes of organizing by using specific methods. Through insightful case studies, they demonstrate the value of these perspectives for organizational research and practice.

Author : Craig Scott,Laurie Lewis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 2714 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118955604

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The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication, 4 Volume Set by Craig Scott,Laurie Lewis Pdf

The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication offers a comprehensive collection of entries contributed by international experts on the origin, evolution, and current state of knowledge of all facets of contemporary organizational communication. Represents the definitive international reference resource on a topic of increasing relevance, in a new series of sub-disciplinary international encyclopedias Examines organization communication across a range of contexts, including NGOs, global corporations, community cooperatives, profit and non-profit organizations, formal and informal collectives, virtual work, and more Features topics ranging from leader-follower communication, negotiation and bargaining and organizational culture to the appropriation of communication technologies, emergence of inter-organizational networks, and hidden forms of work and organization Offers an unprecedented level of authority and diverse perspectives, with contributions from leading international experts in their associated fields Part of The Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication series, published in conjunction with the International Communication Association. Online version available at Wiley Online Library Awarded 2017 Best Edited Book award by the Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association

Author : Craig E. Carroll
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119061236

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The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation by Craig E. Carroll Pdf

With the latest insights from the world of communication studies into the nature of corporate reputation, this new addition to Wiley-Blackwell’s series of handbooks on communication and media reflects the growing visibility of large businesses’ ethical profiles, and tracks the benefits that positive public attitudes can bring. Serves as the definitive research collection for a fast-growing field featuring contributions by key international scholars Brings together state-of-the-art communication studies insights on corporate reputation Identifies and addresses the lacunae in the research literature Applies new theoretical frameworks to corporate reputation

Author : Salem, Philip J.,Timmerman, Erik
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781522528241

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Transformative Practice and Research in Organizational Communication by Salem, Philip J.,Timmerman, Erik Pdf

Communication creates organizations, and the ways individuals communicate determines the functions and processes of organizations. Understanding communication challenges is necessary in order to understand organizational successes and organizational change. Transformative Practice and Research in Organizational Communication is an essential reference publication featuring the latest scholarly research on the practice of organizational communication. The chapters cover a range of topics such as business expertise, social media, and capitalism. This book is ideally designed for academicians, students, professionals, and managers seeking current research on organizational communication practices.

Author : Maurizio Catino
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108476119

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Mafia Organizations by Maurizio Catino Pdf

Makes sense of mafias as organizations, via a pioneering comparative analysis of seven mafia groups from around the world. This collative study of historical accounts, official data, investigative sources, and interviews will aid students and scholars of sociology, organizational studies and criminology to better understand how mafias work.

Author : Paul Godfrey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317633181

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Management, Society, and the Informal Economy by Paul Godfrey Pdf

Informal economic activity, defined as exchanges made by individuals and organizations in extra-legal or non-bureaucratic contexts, represents a significant and growing share of global economic activity. The informal economy brings to mind images of street vendors in markets and bazaars throughout the developing world; indeed, informal economic activity ranges from 25-75% of economic activity, depending on the country under study. Informal activity also includes "under the table," or "off the books" business in the developed world, such as informal labor arrangements in child care, construction, or home cleaning in the United States or Western Europe. What many fail to realize, however, is the increasing presence of informal economic activity in the developed world’s largest corporations and most innovative entrepreneurial ventures, such as technology development work in Silicon Valley, open source software agreements, or employment arrangements between "technology stars" and firms. Management, Society, and the Informal Economy brings to light the role of the informal economy in the 21st century. The book does more than illuminate, however – it also calls for increased focus on the informal economy by management scholars. Each chapter contains a call to action, as well as practical and methodological advice for scholarship on the topic. Management, Society, and the Informal Economy contains a multi-faceted set of arguments, descriptions, and illustrations designed to convince management scholars that they should attend to the informal economy and view it as a serious and rigorous context for theorizing, empirical research, and even practical advocacy.

Author : Christopher Grey,Jana Costas
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804798167

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Secrecy at Work by Christopher Grey,Jana Costas Pdf

Secrecy is endemic within organizations, woven into the fabric of our lives at work. Yet, until now, we've had an all-too-limited understanding of this powerful organizational force. Secrecy is a part of work, and keeping secrets is a form of work. But also, secrecy creates a social order—a hidden architecture within our organizations. Drawing on previously overlooked texts, as well as well-known classics, Jana Costas and Christopher Grey identify three forms of secrecy: formal secrecy, as we see in the case of trade and state secrets based on law and regulation; informal secrecy based on networks and trust; and public or open secrecy, where what is known goes undiscussed. Animated with evocative examples from scholarship, current events, and works of fiction, this framework presents a bold reimagining of organizational life.

Author : Judith van Erp
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Commercial crimes
ISBN : 9783038972587

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The Organizational Aspects of Corporate and Organizational Crime by Judith van Erp Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "The Organizational Aspects of Corporate and Organizational Crime" that was published in Administrative Sciences

Author : Frode Soelberg,Larry Browning,Jan-Oddvar Sørnes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351804868

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High North Stories in a Time of Transition by Frode Soelberg,Larry Browning,Jan-Oddvar Sørnes Pdf

The High North in a Time of Transition collects multiple perspectives on the lives of people in the High North of Norway at a point when the petroleum boom is no longer the dominant cultural feature of the region. Utilizing constructivist grounded theory, the volume contains a rich variety of narrative accounts of fieldwork conducted with those living above the Arctic circle in the city of Bodø. The book will be of interest to scholars from fields including anthropology, narrative theory, and Arctic and Scandinavian studies.

Author : Linda L. Putnam,Dennis K. Mumby
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781483309972

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The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Communication by Linda L. Putnam,Dennis K. Mumby Pdf

Organizational communication as a field of study has grown tremendously over the past thirty years. This growth is characterized by the development and application of communication perspectives to research on complex organizations in rapidly changing environments. Completely re-conceptualized, The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Communication, Third Edition, is a landmark volume that weaves together the various threads of this interdisciplinary area of scholarship. This edition captures both the changing nature of the field, with its explosion of theoretical perspectives and research agendas, and the transformations that have occurred in organizational life with the emergence of new forms of work, globalization processes, and changing organizational forms. Exploring organizations as complex and dynamic, the Handbook brings a communication lens to bear on multiple organizing processes.

Author : Keri K. Stephens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351336307

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New Media in Times of Crisis by Keri K. Stephens Pdf

New Media in Times of Crisis provides an interdisciplinary look at research focused around how people organize during crises. Contributors examine the latest practices for communicating during crises, including evacuation practices, workplace safety challenges, crisis social media usage, and strategies for making emergency alerts on U.S. mobile phones constructive and helpful. The book is grounded in the practices of first responders, crisis communicators, people experiencing tragic events, and communities who organize on- and offline to make sense of their experiences. The authors draw upon a wide range of theories and frameworks with the goal of establishing new directions for research and practice. The text is suitable for advanced students and researchers in crisis, disaster, and emergency communication.

Author : Consuelo Vásquez,Timothy Kuhn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429960550

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Dis/organization as Communication by Consuelo Vásquez,Timothy Kuhn Pdf

This book accounts for the transformation of organizations in a post-bureaucratic era by bringing a communicational lens to the ontological discussion on organization/disorganization, offering a conceptual and methodological toolbox for studying dis/organization as communication. Increasingly, scholars acknowledge that communication is constitutive of organization; because meaning is always indeterminate, communication also (and simultaneously) generates disorganization. The book synthesizes the major theoretical trends and empirical studies in communication that engage with dis/organization. Drawing on dialectics, relational ontologies, critical theory, systems theory, and affect thinking, the first part of the book offers communicational explanations of how dis/organization unfolds. The second part of the book grounds this theoretical reflection, providing empirical studies that mobilize diverse methodological and analytical frameworks (e.g., ethnography, situational, interactional and genre analysis) for studying the practices of dis/organization. Overall, the book exposes organizations (and organizing processes) as significantly messier, irrational (or a-rational), and paradoxical than scholars of organization typically think. It also offers readers the conceptual and methodological tools to understand these complex processes as communication. This book will be essential reading for scholars in organizational communication or management and organization studies, together with senior undergraduate and graduate students studying organizational communication, organizational discourse, discourse analysis (including rhetoric, semiotics, pragmatism, narratology) and courses in management studies. It will also be richly rewarding for organizational consultants, managers and executives.