Refreshing the positive: bridging positive organizational communication and critical scholarship with Buddhist philosophies

IF 4.7 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Theory Pub Date : 2024-01-18 DOI:10.1093/ct/qtad015

Rebecca B Leach, Sarah J Tracy, Terrie Wong

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Abstract

This article makes a case for the productive synergy between positive organizational communication scholarship (POCS) and critical scholarship, which have been often viewed as incompatible. The article opens with an overview of POCS and its key critiques from critical audiences, which allows us to unpack the metatheoretical assumptions driving each research tradition. Next, the article discusses the limits of relying only on a Eurocentric definition of the “positive.” Notably, this article delineates how Buddhist philosophies refresh our understanding of the “positive” and challenge existing ways of thinking and problem-solving in organizational communication. We apply the Buddhist-inspired people-conditions-goals framework to a case study on the 2022 University of California system strikes.

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刷新积极观念：将积极的组织沟通和批判性学术研究与佛教哲学联系起来

本文论证了积极组织沟通学术（POCS）与批判性学术之间富有成效的协同作用，而这两种学术往往被视为互不相容。文章开篇概述了积极组织沟通学术及其来自批判性受众的主要批评，这使我们能够解读驱动两种研究传统的元理论假设。接下来，文章讨论了仅依赖欧洲中心主义的 "积极 "定义的局限性。值得注意的是，本文描述了佛教哲学如何刷新我们对 "积极 "的理解，并挑战组织传播中现有的思考和解决问题的方式。我们将佛教启发的 "人-条件-目标 "框架应用于 2022 年加州大学系统罢工的案例研究中。

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Communication Theory COMMUNICATION-

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9.00

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