The Paradox Approach
摘要
While the concept of paradox has so far been discussed on the periphery in communication studies and, similar to the concept of complexity, has been used more metaphorically, paradox perspectives have a firm place in organizational research. At the intersection of these disciplines, organizational communication research, paradox perspectives are increasing, as further discussion shows. Against this background, the aim of the present chapter is not to provide a holistic inventory of paradox perspectives at the publication level, as there has been a veritable quantitative explosion of literature in organizational research in recent years that has adopted paradox perspectives. Instead of individual paradox perspectives, the present chapter focuses on overarching paradox currents and discusses essential lines of argument with regard to organizational communication.