Date of Award
5-1989
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Journalism and Communication
Committee Chair(s)
Louis Emil Bohn
Committee
Louis Emil Bohn
Committee
Jim Derry
Committee
Richard Krannich
Abstract
Social scientists widely believe that symbols can reveal important information about personalities, values, beliefs and characteristics of the communicator. Although scholars from fields such as semiology, psychology, sociology and anthropology have analyzed symbols and the messages they reveal as cultural indicators, few communication researchers have studied organizational symbols as organizational cultural indicators. In an article entitled, "Organizational Symbolism: A Topic to Expand Organizational Analysis," Dandridge, Mitroff and Joyce chastened communication researchers for overlooking a wealth of organizational data available through the study of organizational symbols. Stephen R. Barley supported these claims when he wrote that culture is embodied in and transmitted by "stories," "myths," and "symbols," and urged researchers to scrutinize these vehicles more closely when analyzing organizational culture.
Recommended Citation
Jeppson, Melvin Leon, "Office Signs: Reflectors of Organizational Culture" (1989). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1597.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1597
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