
Refreshing the positive: bridging positive organizational communication and critical scholarship with Buddhist philosophies
This essay makes a case for the productive synergy between positive organizational communication scholarship (POCS) and critical scholarship, which have been often viewed as incompatible. The paper opens with an overview of POCS and its key critiques from critical audiences, which allows us to unpack the metatheoretical assumptions driving each research tradition. Next, the paper discusses the limits of relying only on a Eurocentric definition of the “positive.” Notably, this paper delineates how Buddhist philosophies refresh our understanding of the “positive” and challenge existing ways of thinking and problem-solving in organizational communication. We apply the Buddhist-inspired people-conditions-goals framework to a case study on the 2022 University of California system strikes.
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Work Title | Refreshing the positive: bridging positive organizational communication and critical scholarship with Buddhist philosophies |
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Publication Date | January 17, 2024 |
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Deposited | August 09, 2024 |
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