Recent years have seen an explosion in the opportunities and use of ‘new’media in society,
including social media sites such as Facebook, Wikipedia and YouTube, and other Web 2.0 …

This paper provides an overview of previous work that has explored the processes and
mechanisms by which communication constitutes organizing (as ongoing efforts at coordination …

This paper provides an overview of previous work that has explored issues of social,
organizational and corporate identity. Differences in the form and focus of research into these three …

There are few constructs that are as ubiquitous across traditions of management and
organizational research, and indeed the social sciences more generally, as that of frame or framing…

We argue that creating novel ventures consists of inductive analogical or metaphorical
reasoning, which generates a platform for the creation and commercialization of novel ventures …

We conceptualize the roots of cognitive, linguistic, and communicative theories of institutions
and outline the promise and potential of a stronger communication focus for institutional …

Despite the increased salience of metaphor in organization theory, current perspectives are
flawed and misguided in assuming that metaphor can be explained with the so-called …

We provide a general overview of previous work which has explored the use of metaphors in
organizational research. Differences in focus and form of research on metaphors are noted. …

In this paper, I elaborate a theoretical model of how individuals come to make or create
sense through their language while being accountable to others. Using accounts of corporate …

… JOEP P. CORNELISSEN is a doctoral researcher and lecturer with the Centre for Corporate
and Public Affairs at the Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He has published on …