The Constitution of Organization as Informational Individuation

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ID12386754
AutoresNicolas Bencherki (0000-0003-3927-5346, TÉLUQ Montréal, Québec, Canada, autor correspondente), Andrew Iliadis (0000-0002-8345-6251, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Ano2019
Volume31
Fascículo3
Páginas442-462
Data de publicação2019-11-29
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCommunication Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1050-3293 • E-ISSN: 1468-2885
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ct/qtz018
OpenAlexW2996209826
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas45

Communication scholars, especially in organizational communication, call for a constitutive approach to communication that considers communicating and organizing as a single process. Yet, current theorizing seems unable to embrace that equivalence. As an alternative, we present an informationally grounded view of communication, drawing from French philosopher Gilbert Simondon. Doing so, we extend scholarship on the communicative constitution of organization by highlighting the importance of framing communication in the context of informational individuation. Following a critical summary of constitutive communication theories, we provide a brief exegesis of Simondon’s concepts of individuation and transduction, which bind information and communication, and contribute four propositions to guide informationally grounded work on the constitutive power of communication. We then emphasize how a Simondonian view contributes to discussions on the communicating-organizing equation. We end by providing a brief empirical example and analysis, using key takeaways from a Simondonian framework, and offer areas for further discussion

Cognitive science · Communication studies · Communication theory · Constitution · Epistemology · Exegesis · Framing (construction · Individuation · Organizational communication · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis · Psychology · Social Representations and Identity · Communication · Law · Philosophy