Ethos and cooperative behavior : an exploration of the relationships between an organization's identity and its collaborative review processes / by Alexis Poe Davis.
| Author/creator | Davis, Alexis Poe |
| Other author | Sharer, Wendy B. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of English. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Publication Info | [Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University, 2010. |
| Description | 158 pages : illustrations (color), digital, PDF file |
| Supplemental Content | Access via ScholarShip |
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| Summary | This dissertation explores the ways in which organizational identity actually functions within the day-to-day processes of an organization, showing how organizational identity trickles down into collaborative writing processes and what the effects of this trickle-down are, in terms of the document being produced, the workgroup producing the document, and the organization as a whole. Specifically, the dissertation examines the organizational identity of the Employees Association of the State and discovers how identity traits or characteristics influence the collaborative review process of EAS's newsletter. First I examine the public-sector labor association to discover its organizational identity through the perceptions of its employees. I then examine the review and revise processes of the writing group which produces the organization's member-directed newsletter. Finally, I make visible any connections that exist between the organization's identity and its review processes, focusing especially on the effects on EAS's ethos and on the cooperative behaviors of its employees. |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Department of English. |
| General note | Advisor: Wendy Sharer. |
| General note | Title from PDF t.p. (viewed March 24, 2011). |
| Dissertation note | Ph.D. East Carolina University 2010. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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