Craig O. Rich: On the discursive constitution of organizational diversity and work
27.02.2013 / 16:00 - 18:00
Open Research Seminar by
Dr. Craig O. Rich, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
On the discursive constitution of organizational diversity and work
Wednesday February 27, 2013, 4:00PM - 6:00 PM
AaltoBIZ, main building, class room A-410
In his talk, Dr. Rich engages with the literature on the constitutive role of communication in organizations (the CCO approach) focusing particularly on questions of identity based on his recent ethnographic work on barbers and hairstylists.
Abstract
In recent years, a growing number of scholars from communication, organization, and management studies are exploring the constitutive role of discourse and communication to organization. Adopting a communication as constitutive of organizations or “CCO” view, this seminar highlights the important contributions of this perspective for organizational diversity. In particular, it will explore the role played by communication in “dis/organizing” identities and differences, such as gender, race, class, or sexuality, as well as the embodied belongings of work.
Bio
Craig Rich earned his Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Utah and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. Dr. Rich studies the communicative constitution of identity, differences, work, and organization, and his research appears in Communication Monograph, the Southern Communication Journal, and TAMARA: The Journal of Critical Organization Inquiry (forthcoming). He teaches courses on Theories of Organizational Communication and Management, Diversity and Organizational Communication, Qualitative Research, and Relational Communication.
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