Browsing OU - Dissertations by Author "Taylor, Maureen"
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CONCERTIVE RESISTANCE: HOW ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS RESIST COLLECTIVELY IN THE ABSENCE OF RESISTANCE LEADERSHIP
Zanin, Alaina (2015-05)This dissertation describes an organizational phenomenon whereby organizational members are able to resist managerial influence collectively in the absence of overt talk or leadership communication—labeled here concertive ... -
"God's Objective Truth, As Far As We Know It": Journalism Ideology at an Evangelical News Magazine
Ferman, David (2014-08)This study mixes interviews and textual analysis to explore the ideology, motivations, routines, and content at WORLD, a major evangelical Christian news magazine whose editor-in-chief, Dr. Marvin Olasky, is a well-known ... -
A Mixed Methods Approach to Studying Social Capital In An International Coalition
Saffer, Adam (2014)Public relations as a communication practice contributes to a fully functioning society by bringing organizations, groups and individuals together to discuss issues. Public relations also helps to build advocacy coalitions. ... -
PROFESSIONAL, MARKET, AND CULTURAL VALUES IN NEWS PRODUCTION
Tahat, Khalaf (2015-05-08)In an era of global communication where efforts are increasingly paid to communicate with people of widely-varying cultures across the world, this study examines how one news organization communicates to international ... -
Social Capital Networks of Media NGOs in Peru: A Public Relations Approach to Explicating Relationships in Civil Society
Sommerfeldt, Erich James (2011)Civil society is created and sustained through the relationships of interconnected organizations such as NGOs and donors. Social capital is created via these relationships, providing civil society actors with the tangible ... -
Strategic Narratives of Public Diplomacy and the Enactment of Soft Power: An Exploratory Study
Klyueva, Anna (2017-08)This dissertation investigated the formation, projection, and reception of strategic narratives with the purpose of exploring and explaining how and in what ways soft power can be enacted via strategic narratives. Specifically, ... -
Talk is Cheap: Organizational Apologies from the Stakeholder's Perspective
Bentley, Joshua M. (2013)Apologies are a unique type of communication that organizations can use to rebuild their public image and their relationships with stakeholders after a crisis. Scholars in many disciplines have studied apologies, and ...