Introduction 1. Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle 2. Images of Relationship 3. Concepts of Self and Morality 4. Crisis and Transition 5. Women's Rights and Women's Judgment 6. Visions of Maturity References Index of Study Participants General Index

In a Different Voice. Psychological Theory and Women’s Development. Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Press) 1982.

We conduct a detailed analysis of 289 absorptive capacity papers from 14 journals to assess how the construct has been utilized, examine the key papers in the field, and identify the substantive contributions to the broader literature using a thematic analysis. We argue that research in this area is fundamentally driven by five critical assumptions that we conclude have led to its reification and that this reification has led to stifling of research in this area. To address this, we propose a model of absorptive capacity processes, antecedents, and outcomes.

The Reification of Absorptive Capacity: A Critical Review and Rejuvenation of the Construct

Team Mental Model: Construct or Metaphor?

Although questions about social cohesion lie at the core of our discipline, definitions are often vague and difficult to operationalize. Here, research on social cohesion and social embeddedness is linked by developing a concept of structural cohesion based on network node connectivity. Structural cohesion is defined as the minimum number of actors who, if removed from a group, would disconnect the group. A structural dimension of embeddedness can then be defined through the hierarchical nesting of these cohesive structures. The empirical applicability of nestedness is demonstrated in two dramatically different substantive settings, and additional theoretical implications with reference to a wide array of substantive fields are discussed.

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Structural cohesion and embeddedness: A hierarchical concept of social groups

Revue de la litterature sur les petits groupes (ecologie, structure, composition, conflit, performance)

Progress in Small Group Research

This study explored the themes used by married couples, dating couples, relatives, live‐in friends, and non‐live‐in friends to interpret their current relational episodes. One hundred eighteen people participated in fifty‐five report tasks. Among the findings were that dating couples used themes of commitment, fragility, and manipulation, while marital couples, relatives, and live‐in friends used themes of involvement, work, and respect.

Interpretive themes in relational communication

A framework is presented for analyzing the role of episodic communication in relationship construction. The framework consists of two key concepts: metaphor and theme. A detailed case study is presented to support and illustrate the framework. Conceptual linkages are made between main metaphors (such as “relationship is captivation,” “relationship is worship”) and themes (such as “commitment,” “manipulation,” “respect”). The external systematicity between these metaphors and themes also is discussed.

Thematic metaphors in relational communication: A conceptual framework

Metaphor Analysis of Cohesiveness in Small Discussion Groups.

(1987). The Verbal Expression of Love by Women and Men as a Critical Communication Event in Personal Relationships. Women's Studies in Communication: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 15-24.

The Verbal Expression of Love by Women and Men as a Critical Communication Event in Personal Relationships

Relational communication scholars have assumed that participant discourse formulates human relationships, but little attention has been given to the mutual interaction of conversational structures and relational pragmatics. This study presents a model of relational influence attempts (RIAs) in dating and marital couples’ conversations, giving particular insight into the role tacit relational knowledge plays in shaping talk. RIAs are conversational influence attempts (CIAs) of relational import. While RIAs often are organized around requests and other request‐relevant discourse found in CIAs (e.g., pre‐requests, hints, and prompts), these influence attempts pertain to relational assertions. The assertive adjacency pair, declaration of love—reciprocation of love, formulates the prototypical speech act analyzed in this study. Variations in this conventional pair are given to support the claim that knowledge of relational pragmatics is required to make sense of conversational influence attempts.

William Foster Owen

Papers

Interpretive themes in relational communication

Thematic metaphors in relational communication: A conceptual framework

Metaphor Analysis of Cohesiveness in Small Discussion Groups.

The Verbal Expression of Love by Women and Men as a Critical Communication Event in Personal Relationships

Mutual Interaction of Discourse Structures and Relational Pragmatics in Conversational Influence Attempts.