Antenarrative and managerial practice Academic Article

abstract

• An antenarrative approach to organizational communication acknowledges the fragmented, collective, situated, and performative nature of organizational stories and storytelling. Adopting an antenarrative approach to managerial practice focuses our attention on the ways individuals manage the multi-voiced nonlinear character of organizfitional life. Antenarrative theory and its significance for managerial practice is overviewed followed by an explication of how an organizational consultancy firm has developed systemic story making as a core practice for managing the multiple, often conflicting stories comprising organizational experience. Systemic story making raises significant issues regarding how antenarrative theory may consider the relationships among stories, inquiry, and change. 2004, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Barge, James

published proceedings

• Communication Studies

author list (cited authors)

• Barge, J. K.

citation count

• 39

complete list of authors

• Barge, J Kevin

publication date

• January 2004

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Communication Studies  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/10510970409388608

start page

• 106

end page

• 127

volume

• 55

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10510970409388608