... to translate the socio-economic complexity of its environment into seemingly meritocratically based distinctions. Secondly, it identifies aspects of educational communication that exclude parts of the student body at various levels of communication. Originality/value The article uses Niklas Luhmann's...

... providing feedback considerate of that input. Originality/value This study explores and presents a convergence between behavioral economics, management and applied psychology research – using both self-worth bias, and organizational change management communications; no other such comparable study...

...António Cunha Meneses Abrantes; Maybritt Bakenhus; Aristides Isidoro Ferreira Purpose The literature on communication in change processes, although fundamental, appears to still be very fragmented. The purpose of this study is to provide an explanatory and integrated framework...

...Durba Banerjee; Harshal Lowalekar Purpose This study describes in detail an application of the Theory of Constraints (TOC)-based systems thinking approach towards clear and effective communication in a change management exercise. The same is achieved through the example of a large defence...

... by confirmatory factor analysis to identify the relationships between those factors. Findings Three significant factors, communication, temporal sensitivity and knowledge were found to represent a shared common theoretical propositions from Kotter’s, Lewin’s and ADKAR models. Extracted factor explain...

... is to propose an HRM model for the first stage of the process (planning) with four key factors: the due diligence process, the integration plan, the communication plan and the learning plan. Design/methodology/approach From the theoretical model, the authors analyse a case study of a multinational company...

... and practitioner reports that open-plan offices are disliked, participants appreciated the new office space. A well-planned and highly participative program of change management led to positive perceptions of aesthetic design, open communication, collegiality, egalitarianism and inclusiveness. Given...

... and administrators to include as one of their change tools to engage in productive communication as they tackle the many negative side effects of the new act. The National Assessment of Educational Progress issues The Nation’s Report Card (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2018). For the assessment...

...Noufou Ouedraogo; Mohammed Laid Ouakouak Purpose Successful change implementation is crucial for organizational prosperity, and even survival. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of personal trust and communication on change success, through affective commitment. Design...

... on performance and employees’ behavior, namely, motivation, communication and knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach The empirical research of this paper was conducted in the year 2013 in an ICT company on 52 employees who worked in the company’s R&D Centre. Business process improvement...

... of organizational reputation; it emerges, evolves and changes among people, within communities (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983 ; Lange et al., 2011). Our work echoes Grunig and Chun‐ju's (2002) sentiment that the value of reputation management to organizations rests above all on stakeholder relationships...

... the diagnosis and planning of an organizational change. The data were collected via mixed method web‐based surveys, while the change development and implementation planning leveraged change‐cynical opinion leaders from within the organization to develop the focal change. Findings Communication...

... to balance them (“Bollywood” of Mumbai vs Hollywood of LA). Design/methodology/approach Philosophical and qualitative analysis of the rhetoric of communication forged by global power games and applied to symbolic strategies of resistance, with a case study of a particular highly successful movie...

...Marja Flory; Oriol Iglesias; Tomas Nilsson Purpose This paper explores strategic change communication, framed by the idea that managers can be viewed as rhetoricians. The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss senior managers' subjective experiences of rhetorical aspects of change...

... reviews two foundational texts in order to see the connection between them. Findings The concept of “organizational closure” will govern the domain of communication and therefore also any act in rhetoric. Originality/value This is a first attempt to link “organizational closure” as it exists...

...Muayyad Jabri; Allyson D. Adrian; David Boje Purpose The purpose is to inspire a more Bakhtinian perspective of conversations in change communication. Inspiration is drawn from Bakhtin and argue that change management has, for too long, focused on monologic implementation of predetermined change...

... organization and analyze the communication of change. It traces the resultant receptivity to organizational change. The paper investigates whether organizational change communication is a crucial element in employees' receptivity to change. Design/methodology/approach A case study design is employed...

...Ian Palmer; Adelaide Wilcox King; Dianne Kelleher How organizations communicate with shareholders during times of great uncertainty, such as during transformational change, is a relatively neglected area within the change management literature. We use the concept of “change conversation” and speech...

...Steven D. Brown Through the use of the concept of the parasite, a new way of thinking about communication and our sociality is presented. Communication can be seen as the mutual effort of excluding the unwanted third, that is the noise, the parasite. Sociality is to be conceived...

... with process; and have an organizational structure that reflects a contemplative philosophy. Interviewees also reported the impact of contemplative practice in the workplace, including improved communication and a greater sense of team and community. Through textual analysis of these interviews, several...