Cop talk,police stories,and the social construction of organizational drama |
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| Authors: | Nick Trujillo George Dionisopoulos |
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| Institution: | 1. Assistant Professor of Communication Arts , Southern Methodist University;2. Assistant Professor of Speech Communication , San Diego State University |
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| Abstract: | This essay examines how police officers socially construct a sense of organizational drama when they label, valorize, and narrate their work experience. This social construction of organizational drama is illustrated with data collected from a four month observational study of a small police force, fictitiously named the “Valley View Police Department.” |
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