Chapter 20 Generational Shifts: The Emergence of Visibility in Globalization Research
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Shiv Ganesh
Abstract
The frustration, sense of helplessness, and alienation we experience - what Durkheim (1933) calls anomie - as global problems become ever more visible, make our incapacities to address these global problems through collective action starkly apparent. This paper explores the ways in which increased visibility has become a key aspect of global dynamics and a fundamental force in a new generation of work in global organizational communication. It builds on Stohl and Ganesh’s (2014) review of the first three generations of research on globalization and organizational communication to call for a new generation, the Generation of Visibility. First, we describe how the ascendance of visibility has reshaped globalization, paying attention to four processes of increased global crisis: magnification, monitorization, distortion, and refraction. We next review a corpus of pieces published since the turn of the millennium to explore how visibility has been worked into major organizational and communicative attributes of globalization research, as well as to describe how elements of a fourth generation have begun to surface as scholarship emphasizes visibility more and more as a communicative force within globalization. Finally, we call on future scholarship in organizational communication to attend to the emerging contours of visibility in research on globalization.
Abstract
The frustration, sense of helplessness, and alienation we experience - what Durkheim (1933) calls anomie - as global problems become ever more visible, make our incapacities to address these global problems through collective action starkly apparent. This paper explores the ways in which increased visibility has become a key aspect of global dynamics and a fundamental force in a new generation of work in global organizational communication. It builds on Stohl and Ganesh’s (2014) review of the first three generations of research on globalization and organizational communication to call for a new generation, the Generation of Visibility. First, we describe how the ascendance of visibility has reshaped globalization, paying attention to four processes of increased global crisis: magnification, monitorization, distortion, and refraction. We next review a corpus of pieces published since the turn of the millennium to explore how visibility has been worked into major organizational and communicative attributes of globalization research, as well as to describe how elements of a fourth generation have begun to surface as scholarship emphasizes visibility more and more as a communicative force within globalization. Finally, we call on future scholarship in organizational communication to attend to the emerging contours of visibility in research on globalization.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science Series V
- Contents IX
- Preface 1
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Section I: Theory and Methods
- Chapter 1 Systems Theory and Ecosystems of Organizational Communication 7
- Chapter 2 Emerging Trends and Topics in Research on the Communicative Constitution of Organizations 27
- Chapter 3 Can We Meet at the Alter? Doing Justice through Organizational Communication 45
- Chapter 4 Quantitative Methods in Organizational Communication 65
- Chapter 5 Qualitative Methods in Organizational Communication 85
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Section II: Processes
- Chapter 6 Organizational Communication Design 107
- Chapter 7 Leadership Communication 127
- Chapter 8 Organizational Entry Processes 149
- Chapter 9 Conflict and Negotiation 173
- Chapter 10 Diffusion 197
- Chapter 11 The Role of Social Identity in Organizational Communication Over Time 217
- Chapter 12 Coordination 239
- Chapter 13 Stakeholders and Organizational Change 259
- Chapter 14 Communication, Power, and Organizational Politics 277
- Chapter 15 Piecing Together Inclusion: A Critical Overview of Organizational Inclusion Research and Praxis 295
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Section III: Contexts
- Chapter 16 Supervisor-Employee Communication 317
- Chapter 17 Team Process 339
- Chapter 18 Networks 359
- Chapter 19 Organizational Structure 381
- Chapter 20 Generational Shifts: The Emergence of Visibility in Globalization Research 403
- Chapter 21 Types of Organizations 423
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Section IV: Technology
- Chapter 22 Artificial Intelligence and Organizational Communication 445
- Chapter 23 Social Media, Organizations, and Organizing 463
- Chapter 24 Distributed Collaboration 483
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Section V: Emerging Areas
- Chapter 25 Wellness in the Workplace 505
- Chapter 26 Organizing Social Change 525
- Chapter 27 Work and Life Communication 545
- Chapter 28 Military Exit and Reentry to Family, Society, and Work 565
- Chapter 29 Corporate Social Responsibility Communication 585
- Chapter 30 From Crisis Response to High Resilience Organizing 605
- Author Biographies 625
- Index 637
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science Series V
- Contents IX
- Preface 1
-
Section I: Theory and Methods
- Chapter 1 Systems Theory and Ecosystems of Organizational Communication 7
- Chapter 2 Emerging Trends and Topics in Research on the Communicative Constitution of Organizations 27
- Chapter 3 Can We Meet at the Alter? Doing Justice through Organizational Communication 45
- Chapter 4 Quantitative Methods in Organizational Communication 65
- Chapter 5 Qualitative Methods in Organizational Communication 85
-
Section II: Processes
- Chapter 6 Organizational Communication Design 107
- Chapter 7 Leadership Communication 127
- Chapter 8 Organizational Entry Processes 149
- Chapter 9 Conflict and Negotiation 173
- Chapter 10 Diffusion 197
- Chapter 11 The Role of Social Identity in Organizational Communication Over Time 217
- Chapter 12 Coordination 239
- Chapter 13 Stakeholders and Organizational Change 259
- Chapter 14 Communication, Power, and Organizational Politics 277
- Chapter 15 Piecing Together Inclusion: A Critical Overview of Organizational Inclusion Research and Praxis 295
-
Section III: Contexts
- Chapter 16 Supervisor-Employee Communication 317
- Chapter 17 Team Process 339
- Chapter 18 Networks 359
- Chapter 19 Organizational Structure 381
- Chapter 20 Generational Shifts: The Emergence of Visibility in Globalization Research 403
- Chapter 21 Types of Organizations 423
-
Section IV: Technology
- Chapter 22 Artificial Intelligence and Organizational Communication 445
- Chapter 23 Social Media, Organizations, and Organizing 463
- Chapter 24 Distributed Collaboration 483
-
Section V: Emerging Areas
- Chapter 25 Wellness in the Workplace 505
- Chapter 26 Organizing Social Change 525
- Chapter 27 Work and Life Communication 545
- Chapter 28 Military Exit and Reentry to Family, Society, and Work 565
- Chapter 29 Corporate Social Responsibility Communication 585
- Chapter 30 From Crisis Response to High Resilience Organizing 605
- Author Biographies 625
- Index 637