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Article: Tales of the expected: Investigating the rhetorical strategies of innovation champions
Title | Tales of the expected: Investigating the rhetorical strategies of innovation champions |
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Keywords | Impression management Innovation Innovation champion Legitimacy Rhetorical strategies |
Issue Date | 2008 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01446193.asp |
Citation | Construction Management And Economics, 2008, v. 26 n. 10, p. 1043-1054 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Innovation continues to be high on the agenda in construction. It is widely considered to be an essential prerequisite of improved performance both for the sector at large and for individual firms. Success stories dominate the parts of the academic literature that rely heavily on the recollections of key individuals. A complementary interpretation focuses on the way innovation champions in hindsight interpret, justify and legitimize the diffusion of innovations. Emphasis is put on the temporal dimension of interpretation and how this links to rhetorical strategies and impression management tactics. Rhetorical theories are drawn upon to analyse the accounts given by innovation champions in seven facilities management organizations. In particular, the three persuasive appeals in classic rhetoric are used to highlight the rhetorical justifications mobilized in the descriptions of what took place. The findings demonstrate the usefulness of rhetorical theories in complementing studies of innovation. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/146360 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.874 |
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dc.contributor.author | Leiringer, R | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Cardellino, P | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-20T02:05:30Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-04-20T02:05:30Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Construction Management And Economics, 2008, v. 26 n. 10, p. 1043-1054 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0144-6193 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/146360 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Innovation continues to be high on the agenda in construction. It is widely considered to be an essential prerequisite of improved performance both for the sector at large and for individual firms. Success stories dominate the parts of the academic literature that rely heavily on the recollections of key individuals. A complementary interpretation focuses on the way innovation champions in hindsight interpret, justify and legitimize the diffusion of innovations. Emphasis is put on the temporal dimension of interpretation and how this links to rhetorical strategies and impression management tactics. Rhetorical theories are drawn upon to analyse the accounts given by innovation champions in seven facilities management organizations. In particular, the three persuasive appeals in classic rhetoric are used to highlight the rhetorical justifications mobilized in the descriptions of what took place. The findings demonstrate the usefulness of rhetorical theories in complementing studies of innovation. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01446193.asp | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Construction Management and Economics | en_HK |
dc.rights | This is a pre-print version of the article: Leiringer, R. and Cardellino, P. (2008). Tales of the expected: investigating the rhetorical strategies of innovation champions. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 1043–1054. DOI:10.1080/01446190802389394 The article is available at: http://www.tandfonline.com.eproxy1.lib.hku.hk/doi/pdf/10.1080/01446190802389394 | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Impression management | en_HK |
dc.subject | Innovation | en_HK |
dc.subject | Innovation champion | en_HK |
dc.subject | Legitimacy | en_HK |
dc.subject | Rhetorical strategies | en_HK |
dc.title | Tales of the expected: Investigating the rhetorical strategies of innovation champions | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Leiringer, R:roine.leiringer@chalmers.se | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Leiringer, R=rp01592 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | preprint | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/01446190802389394 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-57749086818 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-57749086818&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 26 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 1043 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 1054 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1466-433X | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000213256100004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Leiringer, R=12753583200 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Cardellino, P=14622269500 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0144-6193 | - |