El discurso en el estudio de las organizaciones. Una revisión de la literatura

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Publicado 18-09-2018
Carmen Alejandra Ocampo-Salazar Diego René Gonzales-Miranda Mariano Gentilin

Resumen

En el documento se presenta una revisión de la literatura referente al discurso en el estudio de las organizaciones, que parte de sus fundamentos teóricos y sus principales aportes. La unidad de análisis fueron 88 textos seleccionados en una revisión sistemática de 5.509 artículos, publicados entre 2000 y 2012, en diez de las principales revistas internacionales relacionadas con la temática definida. Para relevar y categorizar los datos pertinentes, se utilizó el software de investigación cualitativa Atlas.ti, versión 6.2. La comprensión de la información se complementó con métodos de análisis de contenido y de frecuencia. De los principales resultados se infirieron cuatro dimensiones del discurso: instrumental, simbólica, estratégica y comunicacional. Además, se realizó una clasificación de los artículos con base en los enfoques sobre el discurso y las temáticas organizacionales estudiadas. Los aportes encontrados en dicha revisión permiten plantear que el discurso no solo es lo dicho sino también aquello que ha sido silenciado en la organización, campo de investigación que ha sido poco explorado en los textos analizados. Este artículo realiza contribuciones importantes para el área administrativa y organizacional, en especial para todos aquellos profesionales que se interesen por el análisis de las organizaciones desde la perspectiva del discurso, tanto en la academia como en la asesoría e intervención en ellas.

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Ocampo-Salazar, C. A., Gonzales-Miranda, D. R., & Gentilin, M. (2018). El discurso en el estudio de las organizaciones. Una revisión de la literatura. Cuadernos De Gestión, 16(1), 15–42. https://doi.org/10.5295/cdg.140460dg
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Análisis del discurso, discurso, dimensiones del discurso, enfoques del discurso, estudios organizacionales

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