Varieties of discourse: On the study of organizations through discourse analysis

被引:801
作者
Alvesson, M [1 ]
Karreman, D [1 ]
机构
[1] Lund Univ, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
关键词
discourse; discourse analysis; methodology; organization study;
D O I
10.1177/0018726700539002
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Discourse is a popular term used in a variety of ways, easily leading to confusion. This article attempts to clarify the various meanings of discourse in social studies, the term's relevance for organizational analysis and some key theoretical positions in discourse analysis. It also focuses on the methodological problem of the relationship between: a) the level of discourse produced in interviews and in everyday life observed as 'social texts' tin particular talk); b) other kinds of phenomena, such as meanings, experiences, orientations, events, material objects and social practices; and, c) discourses in the sense of a large-scale, ordered, integrated way of reasoning/constituting the social world. In particular; the relationship between 'micro and meso-level' discourse analysis (i.e. specific social texts being the primary empirical material) and 'grand and mega-level' discourse (i.e. large-scale orders) is investigated.
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页码:1125 / 1149
页数:25
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