Resumen de Whom I have called: the ordain women movement and the narrative of dissent in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The bulk of existing organizational dissent research has focused on corpo- rate environments, theorizing dissent as a means of seeking and enacting change. This study extends the examination of organizational dissent to a large, highly structured and institutionalized faith organization. This study involves a narrative analysis of 315 microstories written by members of the Ordain Women movement, which seeks ordination of Mormon women into the priesthood. Findings suggest a definition of dissent effectiveness that includes a discursive space of voice, and that dissent may serve as a sensemaking tactic where ongoing dissonance is required for organizational membership. Writers of dissent narratives displayed meek, nonvitriolic dis- sent tactics that served to reinforce the power structures against which the members dissented.
