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EnglishThis article aims to enhance understanding of employee anonymous online dissent (EAOD), a controversial phenomenon in contemporary digital environments. We conceptualise and scrutinise EAOD as a communicative and interactional process among four key actors: dissenting employees, online outlet administrators, audiences and targeted organisations. This multi-actor, dialectical process encompasses actor-related tensions that may generate unethical consequences if single voices are not brought out and confronted. Appropriating a Habermasian ethical and discursive lens, we examine and disentangle three particular challenges emerging from the EAOD process: lack of accountability and potential opportunism; equal participation and resolution of actor-related tensions; and organisational participation and internalisation of dissent. We show that EAOD can initiate plural dialogue that helps co-construct and balance different voices within an informal and noninstitutionalised context for interaction and public deliberation. We conclude our inquiry by offering reflections on practical implications and a research agenda for further investigation.
| Autori: | Ravazzani, Silvia; MAZZEI, ALESSANDRA |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 |
| Titolo: | Employee anonymous online dissent: dynamics and ethical challenges for employees, targeted organisations, online outlets and audiences |
| Rivista: | |
| Pagina iniziale: | 175 |
| Pagina finale: | 201 |
| Numero di pagine: | 27 |
| Revisione (peer review): | esperti anonimi |
| IF: | con ISI Impact Factor |
| Rilevanza: | internazionale |
| Lingua: | English |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/beq.2017.29 |
| Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore SECS-P/08 - Economia e Gestione delle Imprese |
| Keywords: | employee displaced dissent, online anonymous communication, polyphony, Habermas, deliberative discourse |
| Abstract: | This article aims to enhance understanding of employee anonymous online dissent (EAOD), a controversial phenomenon in contemporary digital environments. We conceptualise and scrutinise EAOD as a communicative and interactional process among four key actors: dissenting employees, online outlet administrators, audiences and targeted organisations. This multi-actor, dialectical process encompasses actor-related tensions that may generate unethical consequences if single voices are not brought out and confronted. Appropriating a Habermasian ethical and discursive lens, we examine and disentangle three particular challenges emerging from the EAOD process: lack of accountability and potential opportunism; equal participation and resolution of actor-related tensions; and organisational participation and internalisation of dissent. We show that EAOD can initiate plural dialogue that helps co-construct and balance different voices within an informal and noninstitutionalised context for interaction and public deliberation. We conclude our inquiry by offering reflections on practical implications and a research agenda for further investigation. |
| Numero degli autori: | 2 |
| Supporto: | A stampa |
| Data di accettazione: | 20-giu-2017 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |
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