Telecommuting as viewed through cultural lenses: an empirical investigation of the discourses of utopia, identity, and mystery

Coworker Relationships and Informal Communication in High-Intensity Telecommuting

“…For instance, Fonner and Roloff (2010) have found that teleworkers exchange information less frequently than their co-located peers. Yet, Hylmo and Buzzanell (2002) compared teleworkers and co-located workers and found that opportunities for interaction increased as time spent in co-located settings increased. In a case study of professional workers, Brocklehurst (2001) found that, rather than reveling in their ''freedom'' from constraint, teleworking employees attempted to recreate a sense of workplace in the home, while also focusing on constructing a convincing work identity for themselves and others.…”

Simultaneity, Sequentiality, and Speed: Organizational Messages About Multiple-Task Completion

“…It also extends our current understanding of multiple-task completion preferences, and allows elaboration on how temporal values and work pace can collectively inform a contemporary perspective on multitasking. It thus contributes to the growing body of communication scholarship relating to issues of human temporality (Ballard, 2009;Ballard & Seibold, 2000, 2003Baron, 2008Baron, , 2010Bennett, 2000;Bruneau, 1979;Buzzanell & Liu, 2005;Hylmö & Buzzanell, 2002;Katz & Aakhus, 2002;Kirby & Krone, 2002;Kleinman, 2009;McKerrow, 1999;Monge & Kalman, 1996;Nadesan, 1997;Peterson, 1996;Stephens, 2007;Stephens & Rains, 2011;Turner & Reinsch, 2007;Wolburg, 1999Wolburg, , 2001, and underscores its unique relevance in contemporary organizational settings.…”

Checking the Map: Critiquing Joanne Martin's Metatheory of Organizational Culture and Its Uses in Communication Research

“…2 We focus here on their orientation to Martin's metatheory of organizational culture (see Frost et al, 1991;Martin, 1992Martin, , 2002Martin & Meyerson, 1988;Martin & Siehl, 1983;Meyerson & Martin, 1987;Siehl & Martin, 1984). 3 Associated themes may be traced in two genres of organizational communication scholarship: (a) empirical studies using the metatheory to generate research questions and warrant knowledge claims (e.g., Considine, 2004;Eisenberg, Murphy, & Andrews, 1998;Hoffman & Medlock-Klyukovski, 2004;Hylmo & Buzzanell, 2002;Witmer, 1997) and (b) textbooks, handbooks, case study collections, and book reviews that assess its value for organizational communication scholarship (e.g., Brummans & Putnam, 2003;Eisenberg & Goodall, 1993;Eisenberg & Riley, 2001;Keyton, 2005;Mumby, 1994;Putnam, 2003;Sypher, 1990).…”

“…''Instead, communication appears different through different metaphors and lenses.'' In this view, the use of multiple perspectives by communication researchers is necessary and desirable to adequately represent the plurality and simultaneity of organizational realities (Hylmo & Buzzanell, 2002). Sypher (1990, p. 2) notes the value of Martin's work in bridging contexts and in offering ''a more macro view of organizational life.'…”