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Re-contextualizing new employee induction: organizational entry as a change space

Re-contextualizing new employee induction: organizational entry as a change space
Re-contextualizing new employee induction: organizational entry as a change space
The article contributes to the literature on organizational discourse, metaphors, and change, by providing an empirical account of how the discursive translation of imposed metaphors that takes place during organizational entry shapes organization realities for new employees and redefines the concept of organizational entry. A recontextualized organizational entry can potentially provide the discursive space necessary for organizational change to occur. New employee induction is a process, the article proposes, during which situated discourses construct an environment that surfaces current organizational assumptions and invites new interpretations to emerge. This environment or space can become a reflexive, interventionist arena for jointly effecting proactive change initiatives and dialogical organizational development.
0021-8863
93-114
Daskalaki, Maria
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Daskalaki, Maria
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Daskalaki, Maria (2011) Re-contextualizing new employee induction: organizational entry as a change space. The Journal of Applied Behavioural Science, 48 (1), 93-114. (doi:10.1177/0021886310395899).

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The article contributes to the literature on organizational discourse, metaphors, and change, by providing an empirical account of how the discursive translation of imposed metaphors that takes place during organizational entry shapes organization realities for new employees and redefines the concept of organizational entry. A recontextualized organizational entry can potentially provide the discursive space necessary for organizational change to occur. New employee induction is a process, the article proposes, during which situated discourses construct an environment that surfaces current organizational assumptions and invites new interpretations to emerge. This environment or space can become a reflexive, interventionist arena for jointly effecting proactive change initiatives and dialogical organizational development.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 26 January 2011

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Local EPrints ID: 443146
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443146
ISSN: 0021-8863
PURE UUID: b55c6526-ca7d-4183-8f88-716b1f38ae4f
ORCID for Maria Daskalaki: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7860-1955

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