What Does It Mean to Be a “Polytechnic” University? Cultural Discourse Analysis of Organizational Identity

IF 0.7 Q3 COMMUNICATION

WESTERN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2022-10-14 DOI:10.1080/10570314.2022.2118550

Sunny Lie Owens, Maggie Boyraz, Nell C. Huang-Horowitz

引用次数: 1

Abstract

This study explicates discourse surrounding organizational identity negotiation among different stakeholders during organizational change in a polytechnic university. We bridge organizational identity approach and Cultural Discourse Analysis (CuDA) and demonstrate how an organizational identity is negotiated through cultural communicative practices active among student leaders, faculty, administrators, and staff. Five themes emerged from our analysis of 24 interviews with university stakeholders: 1) polytechnic as “STEM”; 2) polytechnic prioritizes certain disciplines over others; 3) polytechnic as “learn-by-doing”; 4) polytechnic as many arts; and 5) polytechnic as symbolic of tension among colleges.

查看原文本刊更多论文

成为一所“理工”大学意味着什么？组织身份的文化话语分析

本研究阐述了在理工大学组织变革过程中，不同利益相关者围绕组织身份协商的话语。我们将组织身份方法与文化话语分析（CuDA）联系起来，并展示了如何通过学生领导者、教师、行政人员和员工之间积极的文化交流实践来协商组织身份。我们对大学利益相关者的24次采访进行了分析，得出了五个主题：1）理工学院是“STEM”；2）理工学院优先考虑某些学科；3）理工学院是“边做边学”；4）理工学院和许多艺术；以及5）理工学院作为大学之间紧张关系的象征。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

WESTERN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

1.90

自引率

9.10%

发文量

期刊介绍： Published quarterly since 1937, the Western Journal of Communication is one of two scholarly journals of the Western States Communication Association (WSCA). The journal is dedicated to the publication of original scholarship that enhances our understanding of human communication. Diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcome. WJC"s longstanding commitment to multiple approaches, perspectives, and issues is reflected by its history of publishing research across rhetorical and media studies, interpersonal and intercultural communication, critical and cultural studies, language behavior, performance studies, small group and organizational communication, freedom of speech, and health and family communication.