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Taylor, Bryan C. – Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1990
Examines autobiographical narratives of three scientists from the wartime Los Alamos Laboratory. Finds an organizational structure manifest in ideological discourses for nuclear practice and sensemaking, permitting rationalization for working identities and labor objectives. Considers implications for the critical study of organizational…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Modes, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Weapons