Fun as a recruitment tool : a discourse analysis of job advertisements

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dc.contributor.authorThompson, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Management
dc.contributor.supervisorRunté, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-30T00:23:42Z
dc.date.available2015-10-30T00:23:42Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-29
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractCritical discourse analysis was used to examine how fun is represented in job ads from two websites in the Information Technology (IT), and Oil and Gas (O&G) sectors. The study identified two central discourses in recruitment ads. Fun, as a controlled discourse and fun as a discourse of control. Each are manifested through different representations of fun between sectors. Fun was likely incorporated in job ads as one element of a strategic organizational impression management to attract applicants. Differences between the industries provided an opportunity to examine existing typologies in the literature. The typology identifies the degree to which fun is a function of managerial control. The examination of fun as a discourse problematizes the definitions and depictions of fun in recruitment ads, thus demonstrating the importance of contextualizing any study of fun in the workplace within the organization’s sector or industry, as well as in terms of power relationships.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3774
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0454en_US
dc.proquest.subject0629en_US
dc.proquest.subject0688en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Management
dc.publisher.facultyUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Management)
dc.subjectworkplace funen_US
dc.subjectorganicen_US
dc.subjectfun
dc.subjectrecruitment
dc.subjectjob ads
dc.subjectdiscourse analysis
dc.subjectpackaged fun
dc.subjectfamily
dc.subjectoil and gas industry
dc.subjectinformation technology industry
dc.titleFun as a recruitment tool : a discourse analysis of job advertisementsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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