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.
Description158 pages : illustrations (color), digital, PDF file
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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 notePresented to the faculty of the Department of English.
General noteAdvisor: Wendy Sharer.
General noteTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed March 24, 2011).
Dissertation notePh.D. East Carolina University 2010.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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