Her discourse studies primarily are focused heavily on tensions and contradictions and also incorporate metaphors, narratives, discursive framing, and arguments.
The following year Putnam took a position with the University of California Santa Barbara's communications department, where she serves as a Distinguished Research Professor Emerita.
[3] Putnam's research focuses mainly on breaking down group communication through the understanding of conflict, contradictions, and negotiations inside of organizations such as the 2007-2008 Writers Guild Strike.
[citation needed] Expanded upon by Linda Putnam the theory of organizational development is centered on breaking down the pathways that allow and organization to form and grow.
Using a Postmodernist approach this Theory focuses on the idea that modern Organizational Development leaves holes that are created by contradictions and dialectics.