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A rounded picture is what we need : rhetorical strategies, arguments, and the negotiation of change in a UK hospital trust [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This article is concerned with the introduction of the agenda of New Public Management (NPM) within the board of a UK Hospital Trust: West London Hospital (WLH).
Harvey, Charles   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Sailing From Penalties to Accountability: Business Strategies and Governance for Firms to Innovate After Environmental Misconduct

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms' continuous pursuit of making a profit in the competitive market may ignore the actions related to environmental responsibilities. This set of actions for financial gains constitutes environmental misconduct, which not only harms ecosystems and communities but also brings reputational damage. Negative press and social media amplification
Ashutosh Singh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corpus-based rhetorical analysis of the sub-genre of instruction manuals for household appliances [PDF]

open access: yesIbérica, 2018
My aim in this paper is to describe the rhetorical structure of the sub-genre of Instruction Manuals for household appliances in British English (BE) and Peninsular Spanish (PS).
Araceli Cristobalena Frutos
doaj   +1 more source

Rhetorical structure of economics Research Articles’ introductions

open access: yesمجلة الآداب و العلوم الإجتماعية, 2019
Post-graduation students or researchers in different disciplines seek to write and publish research articles for graduation and academic promotion. Consequently, Studies were conducted on writing for research publication purposes; approaches as move ...
Somia Slaim, Hind Amel Mostari
doaj  

Different paths from transparency to trust? A comparative analysis of Finnish and Italian listed companies’ investor relations communication practices

open access: yesStudies in Communication Sciences, 2020
This paper investigates how companies seek to convey an image of transparency in their investor relations (IR) communication policy texts. It is based on two corpora compiled from texts describing the IR communication policies of companies listed on the ...
Merja Koskela   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

I’m so Self-Conscious: Kanye West’s Rhetorical Wrestling with Theodicy and Nihilism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Whether Kanye’s plea to God is to intervene because “the devil’s trying to break [him] down,” or that he (Kanye) is “tryna keep [his] faith,” Kanye West’s lamentations communicate his wrestling of succumbing to sufferings within the world.
Marshall, Conā S. M.
core   +1 more source

What Constitutes 'Discrimination' in Everyday Talk? Argumentative Lines and the Social Representations of Discrimination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Most people agree that discrimination is wrong, but the boundary between 'discrimination' and 'not discrimination' is often highly contested in everyday practice.
Andreouli, Eleni   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation and Circular Economy Transitions: Evidence From the UK Textile and Clothing Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) in the textile and clothing (TC) industry is frequently attributed to sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI), yet empirical understanding of the systemic conditions under which SOI enables CE remains underdeveloped.
Krishnendu Saha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF RHETORICAL MOVES IN WRITING REQUEST EMAILS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

open access: yesHumanities Journal of University of Zakho
This study investigates the linguistic analysis of rhetorical moves of request strategies in writing emails among Kurdish university students engaged in an academic setting at Soran University. That is, how Kurdish university students structure and phrase request emails in English, focusing on the rhetorical moves they use to make their requests polite,
Chiayee Faqe, Kurdistan Moheddin
openaire   +2 more sources

Navigating the ESG Paradox: Strategic Pathways Between Innovation and Washing Under Stakeholder Scrutiny

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As firms increasingly incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns into their strategic agendas, stakeholder legitimacy—an audience‐conferred judgment of organizational appropriateness—has become pivotal. We theorize legitimacy as expanding a hybrid response portfolio in which firms may pursue substantive change (business ...
Min‐Jae Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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