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The coproduction of organizational presence: A study of Médecins Sans Frontières in action

François Cooren

Université de Montréal, Canada, f.cooren{at}umontreal.ca

Boris H.J.M. Brummans

Département de Communication at the Université de Montréal, Canada, boris.brummans{at}umontreal.ca

Damien Charrieras

University of Montreal, damien.charrieras{at}umontreal.ca

In this article, we develop an analytical perspective to examine how an organization's mode of being is constituted and experienced through ongoing processes of communication. To show the use and implications of this perspective, we analyze how members and partners of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, a.k.a.`Doctors Without Borders'), a renowned humanitarian organization, coproduce and problematize the presence of their organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa.

Key Words: actor-network theory • incarnation • organizational communication • organizational ethnography • organizing • presence

Human Relations, Vol. 61, No. 10, 1339-1370 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708095707
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