ABSTRACT
Correspondence: Paige Edley, Loyola Marymount University, Department of Communication Studies, One LMU Drive, Foley Hall/MS 3231, Los Angeles, CA 90045-2695; email: pedley@lmu.edu
Communication Yearbook 28, pp. 87-125
their own businesses, but also can lead to their working out of their homes, telecommuting, starting Internet businesses, and participating in online communities. These individuals are choosing to reevaluate their organizational, societal, environmental, and familial relationships and reassess what is valued and what is healthy in one’s life. They are choosing to live a healthier, balanced life while attending to the whole person, not just the needs of the organization, (see Buzzanell, 2000; Deetz, 1992; Edley, 2001,2003). We argue that by choosing alternative career paths, and alternative work communities over, as well as within the context of, traditional organizational structures and corporate control practices, individuals are seeking (and achieving) a more rewarding life outside the traditional organization.
