Theoretical considerations

Stanley Deetz, “Critical Theory,” in Engaging Organizational Communication Theory:  Multiple Perspectives, Steve May and Dennis K. Mumby (eds.), Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2004, pp. 85- 112.

Norman K. Denzin, “Critical Pedagogy and Democratic Life or a Radical Democratic Pedagogy,” Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies. Vol. 9, 2009, pp. 379-397.

Annette N. Markham, “Disciplining the Future: A Critical Organizational Analysis of Internet Studies,” Information Society, Vol. 21, 2005, pp. 257-267.

Applied contexts for Critical Theory in Organizations

Zhou Ban. “Open for Change but Closed for Transformation: A Communicative Analysis of Managerial Corporate Social Responsibility Discourse on the Issue of Labor,” Organization, Vol. 27 (6), 2020, pp. 900–923.

Stanley Deetz, “Engagement as Co-Generative Theorizing,” Journal of Applied Communication Research, Vol. 36, 2008, pp. 289-297.

Christian Fuchs. “Towards a Critical Theory of Communication as Renewal and Update of Marxist Humanism in the Age of Digital Capitalism,” Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Vol. 50 (3), 2020, pp. 335–56.

Laurie K. Lewis, Amy M. Schmisseur, Keri K. Stephens, and Kathleen E. Weir, “Advice on Communicating During Organizational Change: The Content of Popular Press Books,” Journal of Business Communication, Vol. 43, 2006, pp. 113-137.

Tiina Seppälä, “A Critical Analysis of a Theoretical Debate on Power of Social Movements – a Case Study of the New Anti-War Movement,” Journal of Critical Studies In Business & Society, Vol. 2, 2011, pp. 10-29.

Writings by Deetz

Stanley Deetz, “Resistance: Would struggle by any other name be as sweet?,” Management Communication Quarterly, Vol. 21, 2008, pp. 387-392.

Stanely Deetz and Maria Hegbloom, “Situating the Political Economy and Cultural Studies Conversation in the Processes of Living and Working,” Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Vol. 4, 2007, pp. 323-326.

Robert L. Heath, W. Barnett Pearce, John Shotter, Jamse R. Taylor, Astrid Kersten, Ted Zorn, Juliet Roper, Judy Motion, and Stanley Deetz, "The Processes of Dialogue: Participation and Legitimation," Management Communication Quarterly, Vol. 19, 2006, pp. 341-375.

Stanley Deetz and Jennifer Simpson, “Critical Organizational Dialogue:  Open Formation and the Demand of ‘Otherness’,” in Dialogue: Theorizing Difference in Communication Studies, Rob Anderson, Leslie A. Baxter, and Kenneth N. Cissna (eds.).  Lawrence Erlbaum, New York, 2004, pp. 141-158.

Stanley Deetz and Devon Brown, “Conceptualizing Involvement, Participation and Workplace Decision Processes: A Communication Theory Perspective,” in Key Issues in Organizational Communication, Dennis Tourish and Owen Hargie (eds.), Routledge, New York, 2004, pp. 172-187.

Tanni Haas and Stanley Deetz, “The Politics and Ethics of Knowledge Construction in Corporations:  Dialogic Interaction and Self-Other Relations,” in The Foundations of Management Knowledge, Paul Jeffcutt (ed.), Routledge, New York, 2004, pp. 208-230.

Tim Newton, Stan Deetz, and Mike Reed, “Responses to Social Constructionism and Critical Realism in Organization Studies,” Organization Studies, Vol. 32, 2011, pp. 7-26.

Additional teaching ideas

Amy Franzini, “A Final Organizational Communication Project: Using the Television Series The Office to Engage College Students,” Communication Teacher, Vol. 21, 2007, pp. 133-136.

Cerise L. Glenn, “Activism or ‘Slacktivism?’: Digital Media and Organizing for Social Change,” Communication Teacher, Vol. 29, 2015, pp. 81-85.

Anastacia Kurylo, “Teaching about Assessment in Professional Organizations,” Communication Teacher, Vol. 21, 2007, pp. 93-98.