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From Sisters to CEO's: Defining Organizational Rhetoric in a Case Study of Social Sorority Bylaws
| Title: | From Sisters to CEO's: Defining Organizational Rhetoric in a Case Study of Social Sorority Bylaws. |
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| Name(s): |
Rood, Paige, Author Roozen, Kevin, Committee Chair Holic, Nathan, Committee Member Jones, Natasha, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2015 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Organizational Rhetoric is typically used in the fields of Communication and Mass Communication to examine the communicative strategies that animate businesses and corporate organizations. This study aims to give a more rhetorically focused definition of organizational rhetoric by emphasizing how communicative acts structure action and shape the construction of identity in settings beyond formal workplaces. Based on an analysis of the social sorority bylaws of Kappa Alpha Theta and the rhetorical situations those bylaws address, this study suggests that social sororities employ organizational rhetoric as an effective means of persuading their members to be active participants within the organization. Ultimately, the analysis argues that the rhetoric employed by social sororities mimics the typified, effective rhetorical moves of an organization to shape the agency and identities of their members. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0005993 (IID), ucf:50784 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2015-12-01 M.A. Arts and Humanities, Writing and Rhetoric Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | Organizational Rhetoric -- Rhetoric -- Organizations -- Greek Life -- Sorority | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005993 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2015-12-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
