Dissent in Organizations

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Kassing is Associate Professor of Communication at Arizona State University. Klappentext Employees often disagree with workplace policies and practices, leaving few workplaces unaffected by organizational dissent. While disagreement persists in most contemporary organizations, how employees express dissent at work and how their respective organizations respond to it vary widely. Through the use of case studies, first-person accounts, current examples, conceptual models, and scholarly findings this work offers a comprehensive treatment of organizational dissent. Readers will find a sensible balance between theoretical considerations and practical applications. Theoretical considerations include: how dissent fits within classical and contemporary organizational communication approaches dissent's relationship to, yet distinctiveness from, related organizational concepts like conflict, resistance, and voice explanations for why employees express dissent and how they make sense of it the relationship between organizational dissent and ethics Practical applications encompass: recommendations for employees expressing dissent and managers responding to it consideration of the range of events that trigger dissent strategies employees use to express dissent and tools organizations can apply to solicit it effectively the unique challenges and benefits associated with expressing dissent to management The book's specific focus and engaged voice provide students, scholars, and practitioners with a deeper understanding of dissent as an important aspect of workplace communication. Zusammenfassung Employees often disagree with workplace policies and practices! leaving few workplaces unaffected by organizational dissent. Through the use of case studies! first-person accounts! various examples! conceptual models! and scholarly findings! this work offers a comprehensive treatment of organizational dissent. Inhaltsverzeichnis Detailed Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures Preface Chapter 1: Why is Organizational Dissent Relevant? Chapter 2: What is Organizational Dissent? Chapter 3: How Do We Make Sense of Organizational Dissent? Chapter 4: What Triggers Organizational Dissent Chapter 5: How Do Employees Express Dissent? Chapter 6: Upward Dissent Anyone? Chapter 7: Can Organizational Dissent Be Managed Well? References...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: J Kassing, Jeffrey (Arizona State University) Kassing, Jeffrey W. Kassing, Kassing Jeffrey
• Edition: Polity Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 03.06.2011
• EAN: 9780745651408
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-5140-8
• Pages: 200
• Thème: Key Themes in Organizational Communication
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Electronique, électrotechnique, technique de l'information; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Général, dictionnaires; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Office Management, Organizational theory & behaviour, Office & workplace, Personnel & human resources management, Office and workplace, Working patterns and practices, Personnel and human resources management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Organizations, Communication, Management, Conflict