Boris Brummans, Université de Montréal

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Université de Montréal profile.

Communication organisationnelle

Latest funding

Keeping an Edge: How Alternative Enterprises Maintain Their Distinctiveness through Communication
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$79,066
Entrepreneuring as Relational Process: Tracing the Trajectories of Entrepreneurial Projects
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$226,022
Entrepreneuring as Relational Process: Tracing the Trajectories of Entrepreneurial Projects
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$59,829

All 6 grants and awards

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Keeping an Edge: How Alternative Enterprises Maintain Their Distinctiveness through Communication

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cooren, François

Keywords: entrepreneurship; alternative organizing; organizational communication; relationality; tensions; communicative constitution of organization (CCO)

$79,066

Entrepreneuring as Relational Process: Tracing the Trajectories of Entrepreneurial Projects

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cooren, François

Keywords: entrepreneurship; communication; interaction; relational ontology; communicative constitution of organization (CCO); process philosophy

$226,022

Entrepreneuring as Relational Process: Tracing the Trajectories of Entrepreneurial Projects

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cooren, François

Keywords: entrepreneurship; communication; interaction; relational ontology; communicative constitution of organization (CCO); process philosophy

$59,829

Mediation as the art of ventriloquism: a communication perspective

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cooren, François

Keywords: mediation; conflict resolution; communication; dialogue; communicative constitution; ventriloquism

$91,735

Tzu Chi's mindful organizing in the face of impermanence a naturalistic study of the management of a Buddhist non-profit organization through everyday communication

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Brummans, Boris H.J.

Keywords: mindful organizing; Buddhism; humanitarian organization; management; positive organizational scholarship; organizational spirituality; communicative constitution of organizations; naturalistic inquiry; the Republic of China (Taiwan)

$64,232

Humanitarian passions and reasons: insights into the ways members of médecins sans frontières deal with organizational tensions through everyday interactions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cooren, François

Keywords: ethnography; organizational communication; situated ideals; passions; calculation; interaction

$121,086

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Communication organisationnelle Dear Professor Brummans, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on communication organisationnelle connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]