Power and Politeness: Administrative Writing in an "Organized Anarchy.".

Graham, Margaret Baker; David, Carol

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ERIC Number: EJ515915

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Power and Politeness: Administrative Writing in an "Organized Anarchy."

Graham, Margaret Baker; David, Carol

Journal of Business and Technical Communication, v10 n1 p5-27 Jan 1996

States that in addition to reflecting the social and power relationships between the writer and the reader, politeness strategies in administrative writing reflect the values of the organization. Offers a context-based approach to analyzing administrative writing, an approach that can be used to uncover discourse strategies in other organizational sites. (PA)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Organizational Communication, Power Structure, Technical Writing

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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