Organizational identity, power, and peacekeeping: An analysis of informal communication in Canada's military

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dc.contributor.advisorSchneider, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorShapovalova, Olga M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-02T22:37:40Z
dc.date.available2015-06-23T07:00:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-02
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractI assume a critical-interpretivist stance to analyze the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as an organization, which enables me to go behind the scenes of its allegedly hierarchical and rigid power structures. While conducting a qualitative thematic analysis of one discussion on the Army.ca website, I uncover how soldiers resist organizational control in their informal communication. I argue that soldiers who post on the forum exert power by challenging and redefining the notions of peacekeeping and military identity in their comments. In their interactions, soldiers resist the publicly accepted image of the CAF as a peacekeeping force and reclaim their identity as warfighters. Grounding this research in organizational communication theory, I apply a communication lens to the CAF and show how the concepts of organizational culture, identity, image, power, and resistance are produced, contested, and reproduced through the process of communication, constantly interconnecting and mutually influencing each other.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShapovalova, O. M. (2015). Organizational identity, power, and peacekeeping: An analysis of informal communication in Canada's military (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27227en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27227
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2051
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectMass Communications
dc.subjectMilitary Studies
dc.subjectSociology--Organizational
dc.subject.classificationorganizational identityen_US
dc.subject.classificationpoweren_US
dc.subject.classificationCanada's militaryen_US
dc.subject.classificationonline forumen_US
dc.subject.classificationCommunicationen_US
dc.titleOrganizational identity, power, and peacekeeping: An analysis of informal communication in Canada's military
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication and Culture
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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