3304 TOP FOUR PAPERS IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
10:15 – 11:30 Sunday, February 19 Fiesta IV
Chair: Renee G. Heath, University of Portland
- Collective Identity and Interorganizational Collaboration for Social Change – Matt Koschmann, University of Colorado Boulder
- Who is the Volunteer? : An Intersectional Analysis of Normative Whiteness in Peace Corps Recruitment Materials* – Jenna N. Hanchey, University of Colorado Boulder
- Cyberactivism in an Online Social Movement: Exploring Dialectical Tensions — Tiffany Dykstra, Texas Tech University — Kendra Dyanne Rivera, University of California San Marcos
- Just Telling Stories? A Review of Policy, Organizations, and Communication Research 2001-2010 — Shireen Ghorbani, Maria Blevins, Heather E. Canary, University of Utah
Respondent: Matthew Isbell, Merrimack College
* Debut Paper, Top Student Paper, Organizational Communication Interest Group
3504 RETHINKING VOCABULARIES, VALUES, & COMMITMENTS IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS
1:00 – 2:15 Sunday, February 19 Fiesta IV
Chair: Courtney Fletcher, University of Portland
- Corporate Communities and Global Management: A Need for a Social Change in the “Men’s World” — Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, University of Denver
- I Can Juggle All By Myself: The Discourse of Entrepreneurialism and Work-Life “Balance” – Sarah Jane Blithe, University of Colorado Boulder
- Cultural AAN-alysis: A Cultural Analysis of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies* — Sarah Billingsley, California State University Sacramento
- Clientelism, Economic Structure, and Public Relations in Southern Europe: An Example of Diversity in the Western World – César García, Central Washington University
Respondent: Jensen Chung, San Francisco State University
*Debut Paper
3604 CASE STUDIES WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: FROM HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS TO NASA
2:30 – 3:45 Sunday, February 19 Fiesta IV
Chair: Ricardo Munoz, University of Portland
- “Let’s Make Light of the Little We’ve Got”: Structuring Humor in Hospice Bereavement and Volunteer Services — Gino A. Giannini, Arizona State University
- The Dialectical Nature of Nonprofit Organizing: Examining the Role of Communication in Constructing the Mission-Market Tension — Matthew L. Sanders, Utah State University
- Organizational Discourse, Conflict Suppression, and the Challenges of Articulating Change — John McClellan, Boise State University
- The Blind Man and the Elephant: Making Sense of NASA’s Organizational Culture through Symbolic Convergence and Implications for Change — Eric Preston James, Texas A & M University
Respondent: Matt Koschmann, University of Colorado Boulder
4104 CALLING FOR A CHANGE: REALIZING THE COMMUNICATIVE POWER OF WORK AS A CALLING
8:00 – 9:15 Monday, February 20 Fiesta IV
Chair: K. Arianna Molloy, University of Denver
- The Rhetoric of Work Calling — K. Arianna Molloy, University of Denver
- Discerning the Right Calling — Juanie Walker, Pepperdine University
- Calling for a Change: Using Participatory Action Research to Understand the Dialectical Tensions of Work Calling — Jennifer Scott, Grove City College
- Answering the Call: Pursuing Work Calling for a Meaningful Life – Daniel Foster, Northern Arizona University
- Leadership, Master Stories, and Vocation — Ted Cross, Grand Canyon University
Respondent: John McClellan, Boise State University
4504 PATHWAYS TO CHANGE: ILLUMINATING EMOTIONAL LABOR AND MARGINALIZED WORKERS
3:45 – 5:00 Monday, February 20 Fiesta IV
Chair & Respondent: Anne Hubbell, New Mexico State University
- He’s No Longer on the Bus: Highlighting Emotional Labor in Mining — Yvonne J. Montoya, Arizona State University
- The Façade of Color-Blindness: A Look at the Language of the American Civil Rights Institute – Kristina Ruiz-Mesa, University of Colorado Boulder
- Workplace Bullying: Academic Administrators’ Intervention Strategies — Sue L. Theiss, Lynne M. Webb, Patricia Amason, University of Arkansas
- When Feelings Fly: Communication Consequences of Emotion Management in Airports — Shawna Malvini Redden, Arizona State University
4604 EXPANDING ACADEMIC, THEORETICAL, & ETHICAL BOUNDARIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
5:15 – 6:30 Monday, February 20 Fiesta IV
Chair & Respondent: Matthew L. Sanders, Utah State University
- Proposing New Directions for Organizational Communication: Tapping the Cognitive Surplus with Scholars (Not) Like Me – Ashton Mouton, Colorado State University
- Temporality in Virtual Organizations: Linking Cyber infrastructure and Organizational Communication Research — Kerk F. Kee, Chapman University — Dawna Ballard, University of Texas at Austin
- Voices from the Grassroots of Media Justice: Exploring Tensions of Bureaucratic-Rational and Collective Associational Practices — Brenna Wolf-Monteiro, University of Oregon
- The Unique Ethical Imperatives of Leadership: The Ethic of Vulnerability — Geoff Leatham, University of Rhode Island
