Preface -- Part I introduction -- 1. Towards a discursive research agenda for organizational psychology / Patrizia Hoyer, Chris Steyaert and Julia C. Nentwich -- 2. Mapping the field: key themes in discursive organizational psychology / Julia C. Nentwich, Patrizia Hoyer and Chris Steyaert --...

Contents: Introduction: the aim and structure of the book -- 1. Language and organization -- 2. The discourse of 'organizational discourse -- 3. The power of metaphors -- 4. Discourse as a map -- 5. Discourse as organizing -- 6. Discource as mask: silence, emptiness and ambiguity in discourse --...

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