Publications

The Agency of Organizing: Perspectives and Case Studies

Brummans, B. H.J.M. (Ed.) (2018).  The Agency of Organizing: Perspectives and Case Studies. New York & London: Routledge.

Organization and organizing: Materiality, agency and discourse.

Robichaud, D. & Cooren, F. (Eds.) (2013).  Organization and Organizing. Materiality, Agency, Discourse.  New York & London: Routledge. *Lauréat du 2013 Edited Book of the Year Award de la National Communication Association des États-Unis.  

Organizational Discourse. Communication and constitution.

Cooren, François. (2015). Organizational Discourse. Communication and constitution. London : Polity.

Organizational communication as process.

Cooren, F., Bartels, G., & Martine, T. (sous presse). Organizational communication as process. In H. Tsoukas & A. Langley (Eds). The SAGE handbook of process organization studies. London, UK: Sage

To speak or not to speak the language of numbers: Accounting as ventriloquism

Cooren, F., Fauré, B., & Matte, F. To speak or not to speak the language of numbers: Accounting as ventriloquism. Accounting Organization

From ‘matters of concern’ to ‘matters of authority’: Studying the performativity of strategy from a communicative constitution of organization (CCO) approach.

Vásquez, C., Bencherki, N., Cooren, F., & Sergi, V. From ‘matters of concern’ to ‘matters of authority’: Studying the performativity of strategy from a communicative constitution of organization (CCO) approach. Long Range Planning.

A two-step teaching strategy for coping with textualization fever in ethnography

Brummans, B. H. J. M., & Vásquez, C. (2016). A two-step teaching strategy for coping with textualization fever in ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry, 22(2), 119–124. doi: 10.1177/1077800415617210

What does really matter in technology adoption and use? A CCO approach.

Martine, T. & Cooren, F., Bénel, A., & Zacklad, M. (2016). What does really matter in technology adoption and use? A CCO approach. Management Communication Quarterly

Communicative constitution of organization

Cooren, F., & Martine, T. (2016). Communicative constitution of organization. In K. Bruhn Jensen (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Communication theory and philosophy. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Discourse Theory.

Cooren, F., & Martine, T. (2016). Discourse Theory. In K. Bruhn Jensen (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Communication theory and philosophy. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Matérialité, communication et organisation : La vidéo-filature d’une idée.

Cooren, F., & Martine, T. (2016). Matérialité, communication et organisation : La vidéo-filature d’une idée. Revue de la Société Française des sciences de l’information et de la communication, 9, 1-10. https://rfsic.revues.org/2065

The communicative constitution of strategy-making: Exploring fleeting moments of strategy.

Cooren, F., Bencherki, N., Chaput, M. & Vasquez, C. (2015). The communicative constitution of strategy-making: Exploring fleeting moments of strategy. In Damon Golsorkhi, Linda Rouleau, David Seidl and Eero Vaara (Eds). The Cambridge Handbook of strategy as practice (pp. 365-388). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ce qui anime une organisation humanitaire: tensions et figures à Médecins sans frontières (MSF)

Matte, F., & Cooren, F. (2015). Ce qui anime une organisation humanitaire: tensions et figures à Médecins sans frontières (MSF). In J. H. Thériault (Ed.), L’humanitaire. De l’idée d’humanité aux crises humanitaires (pp. 69-91). Montréal, Canada : Athéna Éditions.

Learning as dialogue: An on-the-go approach to dealing with organizational tensions

Matte, F. & Cooren, F. (2015). Learning as dialogue: An on-the-go approach to dealing with organizational tensions. In L. Filliettaz and Stephen Billett (Eds). Francophone perspectives

Philosophy of Communication.

Bencherki, N. & Cooren, F. (2014). Philosophy of Communication. In P. Moy (Ed.). Oxford Bibliography Online. http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756841/obo-9780199756841-0123.xml.

Approaches to the communicative constitution of organizations

Brummans, B. H. J. M., Cooren, F., Robichaud, D., & Taylor, J. R. (2014). Approaches to the communicative constitution of organizations. In L. L. Putnam & D. K. Mumby (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of organizational communication: Advances in theory, research, and methods (3rd ed.) (pp. 173–194). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

The communicative constitution of organizations: History, roots, and approaches.

Brummans, H. J. M., Cooren, F., Robichaud, D. & Taylor, J. R. (2014). The communicative constitution of organizations: History, roots, and approaches. In L. L. Putnam & D. Mumby (Eds), Sage Handbook of Organizational Communication (3rd Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

The Constitutive Approaches

Brummans, B., Cooren, F., Taylor, J. R. & Robichaud, D.  (2014). The Constitutive Approaches.  In L. Putnam & D. Mumby (Eds). The New Handbook of Organizational Communication (pp. 173-194). Beverley Hills, CA : Sage.

The three schools of CCO thinking: Interactive dialogue and systematic comparison.

Schoeneborn, D., Blaschke, S., Cooren, F., McPhee, R. D., Seidl, D., & Taylor, J. R. (2014). The three schools of CCO thinking: Interactive dialogue and systematic comparison. Management Communication Quarterly, 28(2), 285-316.

A constituição comunicativa da cultura organizational: uma questão a ser cultivada [The communicative constitution of organizational culture: A question of cultivation.]

Cooren, F., Brummans, B. H. J. M., Benoit-Barné, C., & Matte, F. (2013). A constituição comunicativa da cultura organizational: uma questão a ser cultivada [The communicative constitution of organizational culture: A question of cultivation. In M. Marchiori (Ed.), Faces da cultura e da comunicação organizacional [Faces of organizational culture and communication] (Vol. 3, pp. 153-179). […]

Communication as Ventriloquism: A Grounded-in-Action Approach to the Study of Organizational Tensions.

Cooren, F., Matte, F., Brummans, B., & Benoit-Barné, C. (2013). Communication as Ventriloquism: A Grounded-in-Action Approach to the Study of Organizational Tensions. Communication Monographs, 80(3), 255-277.

Spacing practices: The communicative configuration of organizing through space-times.

Vasquez, C., & Cooren, F. (2013). Spacing practices: The communicative configuration of organizing through space-times. Communication Theory, 23(1), 25-47.

At the limits of perception: Humanitarian principles in action.

Cooren, F., & Matte, F. (2012). At the limits of perception: Humanitarian principles in action. In C. Abu-Sada (Ed.), Dilemmas, challenges, and ethics of humanitarian action: Reflections on Medecins Sans Frontieres’ perception project. Montreal, Qc: McGill Queens University Press.

La gouvernance collaborative en sécurité routière. Un retour sur l’expérience de la Table québécoise de la sécurité routière.

Robichaud, D., Benoit-Barné, C. & Boudreau,V. (2012). La gouvernance collaborative en sécurité routière. Un retour sur l’expérience de la Table québécoise de la sécurité routière. Research report submitted to the ministère des Transports du Québec. Montréal, Groupe de recherche Langage, Organisation et Gouvernance.  

Notes from the field on organizational shadowing as framing

Vásquez, C., Brummans, B. H. J. M., & Groleau, C. (2012). Notes from the field on organizational shadowing as framing. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, 7(2), 144–165. doi: 10.1108/17465641211253075

Passion in action: An analysis of translation and treason.

Vasquez, C. & Cooren, F. (2012). Passion in action: An analysis of translation and treason. In Quattrone, P., McLean, C.,  Puyou, F. & Thrift, N. (Eds) Imagining Organizations: Performative Imagery in Business and Beyond (pp. 191-212). London & New York: Routledge.

Having to Be : The Possessive Constitution of Organization

Bencherki, N., & Cooren, F. (2011). Having to Be : The Possessive Constitution of Organization. Human Relations, 64(12), 1579-1607.

The role of organizational identification in the communicative constitution of an organization: A study of consubstantialization in a young political party.

Chaput, M., Brummans, B. H. J. M., & Cooren, F. (2011). The role of organizational identification in the communicative constitution of an organization: A study of consubstantialization in a young political party. Management Communication Quarterly, 25(2), 252–282. doi: 10.1177/0893318910386719

Finding the organization in communication. Discourse as action and sensemaking

Taylor, J. R. & Robichaud, D. (2011).  Finding the organization in communication.  Discourse as action and sensemaking.  In D. Grant, L. L. Putnam & C. Hardy (Eds.). Organizational discourse studies (3 volume set). SAGE Major works series. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE.

Evaluating Creativity Through the Degrees of Solidity of its Assessments: A Relational Approach.

Martine, T., Cooren, F., & Bartels, G. Evaluating Creativity Through the Degrees of Solidity of its Assessments: A Relational Approach. The Journal of Creative Behavior.