Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss a critical review of the role of rhetoric and narratives … comprehend the underpinnings of rhetoric. Originality/value – The paper further discusses the role of rhetoric and narratives in … management research and practice and also explores the relationships between rhetoric and narratives.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a critical view of rhetoric, science, scientific research, and … management that discloses the role of rhetoric in these fields and that offers a conceptual framework for this special issue of … that emphasize the role of rhetoric in science and in management, the paper offers a systematic approach on the foundations …

discussion of the literature in the fields of brand management, meanings, rhetoric, and narratives. Findings – Brand managers are …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences between objective language and narratives and how … differences affect rhetoric. Design/methodology/approach – Conceptual implications are drawn from an analysis and discussion of … the literature in the fields of autopoiesis, meanings and narratives. Findings – Only narratives convey the experience of …

at those announcements as wedding narratives. A framework based on the canonical schema and Greimas's actantial model was …

This paper explores the retrospective construction of atrocity narratives of organizational change in primary … industries of the Latrobe Valley, located in southeast Australia. Within their narratives, participants discuss various forms of … workplace violence aimed at employees by management and, in some cases, other employees. In addition, shifting narratives from …

specifically on the construction of conversion stories. These are particularly positive narratives that consider change as a … narratives, thus highlighting the benefits of change while suppressing any negative aspects. This paper draws attention to the … advancement at work and suggest that beneath the positive exterior of the conversion narratives lies a theme of silence, which may …