Composing with the terra fluida of interaction
New paths for CCO research as relational practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6446997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Mallette (0009-0007-5540-3527, Université de Montréal), Ellen Nathues (0000-0003-4921-3720, University of Twente), Boukje Cnossen (0000-0003-3739-0308, Leuphana University of Lüneburg), Boris H J M Brummans (0000-0002-2921-119X, Université de Montréal) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 194-212 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1746-5648 • E-ISSN: 1746-5656 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/qrom-02-2024-2681 |
| OpenAlex | W4408815227 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 72 |
Purpose For more than 20 years, research on the communicative constitution of organizations (CCO) has drawn on interactional data to offer novel explanations of how organizational phenomena emerge, change, and stabilize in and through communication. Accordingly, the idea of “never leaving the terra firma of interaction” has become a tenet of CCO research, guiding scholars’ theorizing, data collection, and analysis. The aim of this paper is to reflect on and enrich this tenet. Design/methodology/approach First, this paper traces the history of the concept of the terra firma of interaction and its usage until now. Second, drawing on ethnographic writings on complicit reflexivity and on the two first authors’ doctoral research experiences, this paper identifies current limitations of the terra firma notion. Findings Reflecting on these experiences, the idea of composing with the terra fluida (fluid ground) of interaction is proposed as an enrichment of the terra firma of interaction concept because it advances present discussions about CCO researchers’ positionality and reflexivity while opening up new paths for understanding how organizational phenomena unfold as relational fields in processes of communication. Originality/value This paper questions and reevaluates the role of the researcher in CCO scholarship and, in doing so, offers new insights into the value of acknowledging researchers’ entanglement and complicity with the fluid fields of interaction they aim to understand
Epistemology · Sociology · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy
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The fluid affective space of organizational practices
Working within the shadow
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The coproduction of organizational presence
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Having to be
Understanding Process From Within
Zooming In and Out
Conducting Interpretive Policy Analysis
Communication, Organizing and Organization
Atmospheric Attunements
The Uses of Complicity in the Changing Mise-en-Scène of Anthropological Fieldwork
Mo(ve)ments, Encounters, Repetitions
Getting Personal
Performing Autoethnography
From Rapport Under Erasure to Theaters of Complicit Reflexivity
Analytic Autoethnography
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |