Abstract

Professional technical communication often takes place within a larger organizational structure, a structure defined and constrained by both external (national or disciplinary) and internal (organizational) cultures. Thus, theories that help technical communicators analyze and understand organizations can be of especial importance. This bibliography overviews theories of organization from the viewpoint of culture, using five themes of organizational research as a framework. Based on this framework, each section introduces specific theories of international, intercultural, or organizational communication, building upon them through a series of related articles, and showing how they can be applied in the field of technical communication.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2001-01-01
DOI
10.1207/s15427625tcq1001_2
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Cited by in this index (3)

  1. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  2. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  3. Technical Communication Quarterly

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