功能视角下的组织管理词汇分析述评及展望

A Literature Review on Organizational Vocabulary from the Functional Perspective and Directions for Future Research

兴起于20世纪80年代末期的"语言转向"促使词汇分析成为组织管理研究中的重要方法与理论框架。文章从功能视角梳理已有的组织管理词汇分析及其主要成果,指出词汇的修辞、协调、社会文化以及认知等基本功能构成词汇分析与制度、沟通、变革等组织领域紧密结合的基础,进而综合述评词汇分析对组织管理研究的主要贡献,提出词汇分析的功能互动关系模型,并通过分析已有研究的主要局限展望未来研究的主要议题与方向,以期在向中国组织管理界推介这一研究方法及理论框架的同时,为后续相关研究、尤其是中国情境下的组织管理词汇分析做铺垫。

The linguistic turn emerging from late 1980s has made vocabulary analysis an important method and theoretical framework in organizational studies. This paper reviews extant literature on organizational vocabulary from the functional perspective, and points out that the basic functions of vocabulary, including rhetoric, coordination, culture and cognition, enable organizational vocabulary studies to be closely connected with organizational institution, communication, change and other related areas. Based on the extensive review, this paper analyzes the contributions of extant organizational vocabulary studies, proposes the interactive research model of vocabulary functions, and presents directions for future research by identifying limitations of previous work. With such efforts, we expect to introduce the research method and framework of vocabulary analysis to the Chinese organizational research field, and pave roads for further organizational vocabulary studies, especially such studies in the special context of China.