The institutionalization of an area of research through published and public discourse : t
he case of CCO scholarship
In this dissertation, I explore the institutionalization of CCO scholarship. Through an analysis of scholars’ published and public discourse, I demonstrate to what extent CCO scholarship, as an area of research, is becoming established within organizational communication studies and related fields. Through an analysis of scholars’ published discourse and via the application of a neo-institutional perspective, I assess the trajectory and establishment of CCO research from 2000 to 2015. By analyzing scholars’ public discourse at one specific international conference, I then explore how pragmatic ambiguity plays into this institutionalization. This research thus shows how communication is at the center of an area of research’s institutionalization processes.
Approches Constitutives (CCO) Discours Habitualization Neo-institutional Theory Communicative Constitution of Organizations (CCO) Organizational Communication Published Discourse Public Discourse Institutionalization Processes Pragmatic Ambiguity Sedimentation