Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify possible lines of research relating to communication and secrecy.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is a conceptual essay drawing on recent research on secrecy.
Findings
The findings suggest that secrecy entails the communication of rules about communication, and that secrecy can play a role in the communicative constitution of organizations.
Originality/value
The paper is innovative in configuring secrecy as a form of communication rather than being the opposite of communication, and in showing the linkages between what are normally two separate domains of research.
The purpose of this paper is to identify possible lines of research relating to communication and secrecy.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is a conceptual essay drawing on recent research on secrecy.
Findings
The findings suggest that secrecy entails the communication of rules about communication, and that secrecy can play a role in the communicative constitution of organizations.
Originality/value
The paper is innovative in configuring secrecy as a form of communication rather than being the opposite of communication, and in showing the linkages between what are normally two separate domains of research.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 562-566 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Corporate Communications |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 13 Sept 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2017 |
Keywords
- Communication
- Secrecy
- Communicative constitution of organizations
- Rules of communication