(De)centering and (Re)envisioning the Secular Hegemony of Organizational Communication Theory and Research

ABSTRACT

In this special issue on spirituality and organizing, we provide five articles that address ways of disrupting secular hegemony in the workplace as well as in other areas of our organizational and personal lives. Each of these articles shares a commitment to explore the marginalized or elusive aspects of higher education, career identities, alternative (housechurch) organizing processes and practices, and faith-based organizations. Each also provides specific practices that not only are feasible in many settings but that also infuse hope for the inclusion of spirit, connectedness, and wholeness in all organizations.

Keywords:

• Secular Hegemony
• Spirituality
• Organizing Processes
• Organizational Communication
• Quality of Life

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Notes on contributors

Patrice M. Buzzanell

Patrice M. Buzzanell is a professor in the Department of Communication at Purdue University where she specializes in gendered workplace processes, particularly as they relate to career and leadership.

Lynn M. Harter

Lynn M. Harter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University. Her scholarship focuses on discourses of health and healing and organizing processes.