This volume explores communication in organizations and advances the theory that an organization is both a pragmatic and cognitive construction. It is written for scholars in organizational communication, org studies, management, and related fields. "...one of the most important books about organizations to be published in the past 20 years."-Contemporary Psychology "It is, to my knowledge, the first book that succeeds in establishing, in a systematic way, strong parallels between language or conversation structures and social organization....This book is essential reading for communication scholars in several respects....Taylor and Van Every's book deserves special attention from organizational communication scholars."-Communication Theory "...an important integrative work."-Discourse & Society Winner of the International Communication Association's 2013 Book Fellows Award