From Sisters to CEO's: Defining Organizational Rhetoric in a Case Study of Social Sorority Bylaws

<p>Organizational Rhetoric is typically used in the fields of Communication and Mass Communication to examine the communicative strategies that animate businesses and corporate organizations. This study aims to give a more rhetorically focused definition of organizational rhetoric by emphasizing how communicative acts structure action and shape the construction of identity in settings beyond formal workplaces. Based on an analysis of the social sorority bylaws of Kappa Alpha Theta and the rhetorical situations those bylaws address, this study suggests that social sororities employ organizational rhetoric as an effective means of persuading their members to be active participants within the organization. Ultimately, the analysis argues that the rhetoric employed by social sororities mimics the typified, effective rhetorical moves of an organization to shape the agency and identities of their members.</p>

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Central Florida

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Rood, Paige

Contributors dc:contributor

• Roozen, Kevin

• Organizational rhetoric
• rhetoric
• organizations
• greek life
• sorority
• Rhetoric and Composition
• <p>Arts and Humanities -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Humanities</p>

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

CFE0005993

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-2397