discourse of organizational spirituality (OS), which embed meanings this discourse creates. In order to achieve this goal the … outcomes. The legitimacy of this operation within the discourse is guaranteed by its episteme – the set of rules, which makes …/implications – Potential researchers should be sensitive to the issues of logical circularity of OS discourse and its degree of incoherence …

discourse. The dialogue with organization studies was made possible through the utilization of the communicative theory of … distort their discursive surroundings up to the point of stopping any flux of independent discourse; second, the boundaries of … the relation between organizations, discourse and society.  …

professional discourse of professional groups working together in a change program. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses … discourse analysis and rubrics to study the implementation of a new ICT system for an airline. Data for this case study were … change management should incorporate linguistics and discourse analysis. Investigating resistance to change could be done …

propose the merits of an alternative approach – applying a discourse perspective to the use of flexibility as a rationale for … “flexibility” before arguing the merits of a discourse perspective on flexibility as a rationale for organizational change …. Findings – This paper identifies a set of questions to frame a discourse perspective on the use of “flexibility” as a rationale …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the findings from a discourse model that was developed for an … empirical study of a strategic change program. Design/methodology/approach – The perspective informing the discourse model is …. Findings – The paper reports the findings from a study in which the discourse model was applied to a strategic change program …

. Design/methodology/approach – This research scrutinizes organizational change by combining discourse and practice approaches … of this research is that discursive practices are involved in organizational change through discourse phronesis …. Discourse phronesis is a socially and contextually developed phenomenon, and hence discursive practices are particular within …

Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains how management actively used religious discourse to institute … development of a successful change process that borrows from legitimacy theory and legitimation in discourse. The findings show … the impact of religious discourse on organizational change in the context under study. Research limitations …

reviewed from a discourse-theoretical perspective and three groupings of dominant discursive practices are identified. The … have been neglected or suppressed in the discourse are further examined. Findings – The dominant discursive practices in … the managerial agenda and complies with organizational discourse, it fails as an organizational asset, which should be …