Keywords
Organizational rhetoric, rhetoric, organizations, greek life, sorority
Abstract
Organizational Rhetoric is typically used in the fields of Communication and Mass Communication to examine the communicative strategies that animate businesses and corporate organizations. This study aims to give a more rhetorically focused definition of organizational rhetoric by emphasizing how communicative acts structure action and shape the construction of identity in settings beyond formal workplaces. Based on an analysis of the social sorority bylaws of Kappa Alpha Theta and the rhetorical situations those bylaws address, this study suggests that social sororities employ organizational rhetoric as an effective means of persuading their members to be active participants within the organization. Ultimately, the analysis argues that the rhetoric employed by social sororities mimics the typified, effective rhetorical moves of an organization to shape the agency and identities of their members.
Graduation Date
2015
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Roozen, Kevin
Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
Writing and Rhetoric
Degree Program
English; Rhetoric and Composition
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0005993
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0005993
Language
English
Release Date
12-15-2015
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Subjects
Arts and Humanities -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Humanities
STARS Citation
Rood, Paige, "From Sisters to CEO's: Defining Organizational Rhetoric in a Case Study of Social Sorority Bylaws" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1398.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/1398