Advisor | Sharer, Wendy B. | en_US |
Author | Davis, Alexis Poe | en_US |
Date Accessioned | 2011-02-03T15:33:12Z | en_US |
Date Accessioned | 2011-05-17T14:52:04Z | |
Date Available | 2011-02-03T15:33:12Z | en_US |
Date Available | 2011-05-17T14:52:04Z | |
Date of Issue | 2010 | en_US |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3166 | en_US |
Description | This dissertation explores the ways in which organizational identity actually functions within the day-to-day processes of an organization, showing how organizational identity trickles down into collaborative writing processes and what the effects of this trickle-down are, in terms of the document being produced, the workgroup producing the document, and the organization as a whole. Specifically, the dissertation examines the organizational identity of the Employees Association of the State and discovers how identity traits or characteristics influence the collaborative review process of EAS's newsletter. First I examine the public-sector labor association to discover its organizational identity through the perceptions of its employees. I then examine the review and revise processes of the writing group which produces the organization's member-directed newsletter. Finally, I make visible any connections that exist between the organization's identity and its review processes, focusing especially on the effects on EAS's ethos and on the cooperative behaviors of its employees. | en_US |
Extent | 158 p. | en_US |
Format Medium | dissertations, academic | en_US |
Language | | en_US |
Publisher | East Carolina University | en_US |
Subject | Technical communication | en_US |
Subject | Organizational theory | en_US |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Corporate culture | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Communication in organizations | |
Title | ETHOS AND COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR : AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AN ORGANIZATION'S IDENTITY AND ITS COLLABORATIVE REVIEW PROCESSES | en_US |
Type | Doctoral Dissertation | en_US |
Department | English: Technical and Professional Discourse | en_US |
Degree | Ph.D. | en_US |