From Paternalism to Cynicism
Narratives of a Newspaper Company
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9890719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Majella O'Leary (University of Exeter), Majella O’Leary (University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 685-704 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00187267030566003 |
| OpenAlex | W2097953960 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article examines the stories told by employees in a 160-year-old newspaper production and publishing company, the Courier. Over 100 interviews with employees of the newspaper company (past and present) were carried out over a six-year period during which the Courier was undergoing major change, including the move from a local to a national newspaper. In this article, I organize these stories into four narrative constructions ('paternalism', `profit', `career' and `cynicism') which represent different ways of thinking about organizations, variously emphasizing family and community, competition and prohibition, publicity and success, and injustice and deception
Cynicism · Deception · Media studies · Narrative · Newspaper · Paternalism · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Publicity · Publishing · Sociology · Law · Management and Organizational Studies
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |