concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: language and organizations

culture and symbolism
type: Concept
narrower: language and organizations

language and organizations
type: Concept
broader: culture and symbolism
definition: Among organizational scholars, it is increasingly recognized that language is more than merely a means of communicating information. Instead, language is understood as being fundamentally implicated in the social construction of organizations and in all of the related issues of power, knowledge, and meaning that lie at the core of organization studies. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Language and Organizations]