RESEARCH AT TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY | |
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| Name: | Anne Selcer, Ph.D. |
| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Department: | Health Care Administration - Houston |
| Email address: | aselcer@twu.edu |
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Description of research activities: Dissertation topic: 1) (Discourse & Power in Organizations) From the employee perspective, what were the recursive practices of discourse and power that defined Enron as “a good place to work”? Used structuration theory as model. 2) Symbolism of discourse (ex. Vision and values statements) 3) Image management 4)Traditional structuralist/ rational performance management vs. nonlinear / uncertain emergent processes. | |
| Keywords: Organizations; Organizational Theory, Communications; Teams, Dialogue; Healthcare Organizations; Knowledge Management; Andragogy; Leadership; Symbolism & Metaphors in Organizations | |
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