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Publication details [#46414]
Cooren, François, James R. Taylor, Frédérik Matte and Consuelo Vasquez. 2007. A humanitarian organization in action: organizational discourse as an immutable mobile. Discourse & Communication 1 (2) : 153–190.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications
Annotation
Drawing on Alvesson and Kärreman's (2000) influential paper on organizational discourse modes and interpretation, this paper discusses spontaneous discourse before, during, and after a meeting between representatives of the humanitarian organization 'Doctors without Borders' and representatives of local health centers in a specific area of the Democratic Republic of Congo.