“This Is What We're All About”: The (Re)Construction of an Oppressive Organizational Structure

When the Lord builds the house: An autoethnographic account of working in an evangelical for-profit organizational culture

“…My experience is not unique as tensions are inherent in organizational life since the organization itself and its members are complex and inherently irrational beings (Ashcraft and Trethewey 2004). These emergent tensions then become significant as organizational members experience, make sense of, and manage (although with differing degrees of success) them through communication (Jenkins and Dillon 2012). In all, tensions serve as 'an analytical lens to explore the nature and complexity of organizational life' and provide a way for understanding organizational experiences (Putnam, Myers, and Gailliard 2014, 415).…”

“…In fact, the idea of religion entering a for-profit workplace can be seen as 'irrational,' unexpected, or even undesired. With that said, spirituality and religion in the workplace have not always been popular topics to research and are generally still understudied by organizational communication scholars (Ashcraft 2011;Buzzanell and Harter 2006;Harter and Buzzanell 2007;Jenkins and Dillon 2012). The dearth of research in this area has been referred to as 'the secular hegemony of organizational communication' (Buzzanell and Harter 2006, 1).…”

Teaching Genuine Dialogue: The Potential for Using Improv

“…5 Genuine dialogue offers potential solutions to practical problems. Scholars recommend using dialogue to effectively transform conflicts and differences, such as those occurring in the workplace, 6 schools, 7 churches and faith communities, 8 and cultural communities. 9 The usefulness of dialogue was explained by Nimrod Aloni who claimed dialogues "are intended to serve teachers as part of a rich pedagogic repertoire or toolbox to enable their students and invite them to participate in a meaningful experience of growth and learning."…”