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Coffee, tea or ..? : Gender and Politeness in computer mediated communication (CMC)
(2010-07-26)
This study focuses on the influence of gender and politeness on writing style in CMC, specifically work related emails, in the Indian context. Gricezs Cooperative Principle (CP) and Leechzs maxims of Politeness have been ...
Gender, affect and upward influence
(2010-07-26)
Upward influence tactics affect the attitude, perceptions and behavior of the supervisors towards their subordinates. This influence may be used both for organizational and personal purposes. With more and more women joining ...
An analysis of upward influence strategies using speech act theory and face threatening acts
(2010-04-05)
This study borrows from sociolinguistic research, specifically speech act theory (SAT), as a way to analyze and explain how UI strategies are performed. We have attempted to provide an explanation for the choice of strategies ...
Gender Differences in the Use of FTAs when Reporting Incidents of UI: An Indian Study
(2009-07-25)
The study, conducted in an Indian organization, aims to examine differences, if any, across genders in the use of face threatening acts (FTAs) while reporting incidents of upward influence (UI). The nature of incidents ...
Gender Issues – Proposing new Paradigms
(2009-08-03)
The advent of the 20th century heralds the entry of women into the professional world. Organizations have already initiated the transition to a multi-gender workplace environment through the formation of appropriate policies. ...
Checkmate! Winning the Game of Communication: A Study of Conversational Principles
(2009-09-01)
Managerial communication in organizations can well be studied by using drama as a heuristic device to gain an understanding of the complexities governing structure of communication, goals of participants and application ...
Gender, affect, and upward influence
(2006-10-29)
With the rapid influx of women in organizations, more specifically in the
Indian context, “gender” becomes an important construct in the study of
upward influence strategies, by which the member is able to influence ...
Gender and workplace experience
(2009-05-03)
Men are dominant, women are subservient;” “Men are aggressive, women
are passive;” “Men are agentic, women are communal;” “Men are
power-centric, women are person-centric;” “Men are single-focused,
women are multi-focused;” ...
Playing the game of communication: enhancing skills through a reading of literature
(Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, 2008-11-10)
Managerial communication/conversation in organizations is difficult to capture in its complexities.
Even if attempts are made, the outcome is rarely, if ever, natural and spontaneous. How then do we
proceed with an ...
Social media: the new mantra for managing reputation
(VIKALPA: the Journal for Decision Makers, 2015)