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Ruang-Ruang Sosial Pekerja Ekonomi Bawah Tanah (Underground Economy), Erna Ermawati Chotim

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

No abstract provided.

Dialectic Tensions Experienced By Resettled Sudanese Refugees In Mediating Organizations, Sarah Steimel

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

An increasing number of global migrants are refugees who have fled religious, racial, ethnic, or other political persecution. As these refugee populations have grown, governmental and nonprofit organizations have emerged to help mediate the resettlement experience. The current study explores the dialectical tensions Sudanese refugees face in communicating with the organizations designed to make their resettlement successful. Sudanese refugees participated in semistructured interviews about their experiences communicating with mediating organizations. Four dialectical tensions emerged from participants’ stories about their communication in and with mediating organizations: (a) dissemination and dialogue, (b) emancipation and control, (c) empowerment and oppression, and (d) integration …

Perang Melawan Kemiskinan, Paulus Wirutomo

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

No abstract provided.

Refugees As People: The Portrayal Of Refugees In American Human Interest Stories, Sarah Steimel

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

This study combines discourse analysis and narrative analysis (Yin 2007) to examine top US newspapers’ coverage of refugees in American human interest stories. I find that the refugees are presented (a) as prior victims; (b) as in search of the American Dream; and (c) as unable to achieve the American Dream. As human-interest features, the stories provide a largely positive portrayal of individual refugees and their families. However, the human interest stories also depict refugees as current victims of the American economic crisis; deeply frustrated by their inability to achieve the American Dream. Together these discourses represent a narrative of …

Creating And Responding To The Gen(D)Eralized Other: Women Miners’ Community-Constructed Identities, Kristen Lucas, Sarah J. Steimel

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

An analysis of interviews with mining families reveals that gender identity construction is a collaborative process that draws upon broader community discourses. Male miners and non-mining women created a generalized other for women as "unfit to mine" (i.e., women are physically too weak to mine, are easy prey, and are ladies who do not belong in the mines). Female miners responded with gendered discourses that distanced themselves from and linked themselves to the generalized other.

A Cross-Cultural Study Of Intergenerational Communication In Workplace, Yan Guan

Dissertations

This study investigates intergenerational relationships in organizational settings and uses Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) to examine the influence of age, power, culture, and self-construal on young workers' perceptions of intergenerational communication. According to CAT, communication is stereotypical due to outgroup bias, people favor their own age or power group more than other age or power groups. CAT research showed that young Asians' perceptions of intergenerational communication may be more negative than their Western counterparts. Self-construal was studied to understand the nature of culture's influence. Research and theory supported nine hypotheses and three research questions.

A study using self-report measure was …

Refugees In The News: A Representative Anecdote Of Identification/Division In Refugee Media Coverage, Sarah Steimel

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

A refugee worker conflict at the JBS Swift plant in Grand Island, Nebraska serves as a representative anecdote of the dominant media discourses about refugees in the United States. This study adopts a critical cultural perspective and applies Burke’s (1969) concepts of identification and division to the ways in which refugees are described in comparison to other immigrants in the media coverage of the conflict. These identifications and divisions generate ideologically powerful official roles for refugees in American society. This study finds that refugees, especially refugees who are also Muslim, are defined in the media coverage of the Grand Island …

Liberal Arts 2.0, Bridget B. Baird

Convocation Addresses

The title, Liberal Arts 2.0., "stems from the term Web 2.0, which refers to the recent evolution of the Web as interactive, participatory, collaborative and collective. Web 2.0 includes blogs, wikis, user-generated media, social networking: like much of what it describes, the definition is amorphous and inexact." Baird believes that Web 2.0 and all that it implies will necessitate a revision of the way we do liberal arts and thus the title “Liberal Arts 2.0.”

Her premise: that a liberal arts college is a place where teaching and research are improved by digital tools, where students are taught to negotiate …

Effects Of Job Stereotype, Applicant Gender, And Powerful And Powerless Speech Styles On Telephone Interview Outcomes, Heather Deanna Palmer Mcfarland

Dissertations

By examining the effects of powerful and powerless speech styles, gender stereotyped jobs, and gendered voices during the employment interviewing process, this study sought to further the research of Parton (1996); Parton, Siltanen, Hosman, and Langenderfer (2002); and Juodvalkis, Grefe, Hogue, Svyantek, and DeLamarter (2003). This study was designed to further explore the possibility of longitudinal changes within acceptable communicative expectations during telephone job interviewing. Participants (undergraduate and professional) listened to two audio taped interviews manipulated by speech style, stereotyped job title, and interviewee gender. Variables were evaluated on semantic differential scales following the previous work of Parton (1996). Similar …

A Survival Guide To Corporate Golf Culture, Roger Gans

Communication Faculty Publications - Archive

Thanks to the popularity of Tiger Woods and other prominent professional golfers with diverse ethnicities and backgrounds, golf has gained a new patina of inclusivity. As a result, corporate golf outings have become more popular than ever before. For non-golfers, this may feel like it means more opportunities to be excluded from an elitist activity. For planners of corporate activities, it can mean a greater challenge to build inclusion into the equation. This article offers a middle-ground perspective on the ins and outs of golf outings.

Caution: Diversity Results Can Be Dangerous, Judith H. Katz, Roger Gans

Communication Faculty Publications - Archive

Many organizations have been engaged in work on diversity, equity and inclusion, but few can honestly report positive results. This article suggests that part of the reason is that few organizations have processes in place to measure success in this area. Deciding on what to measure is a large part of the problem, especially in organizations that have not established a clear connection between DEI factors and their core business processes and outcomes. Typically, managers and work teams focus on achieving measurable goals. When measurement is absent, often so is effort. When DEI objectives are tied to measurable organizational outcomes, …

Why Managers Must Listen, Roger Gans

Communication Faculty Publications - Archive

Managers play perhaps the most essential role in any organizational change strategy. Among managerial communication skills, listening is underappreciated but vital not just for clear communication but for fostering workplace engagement and an inclusive work culture. This article outlines the need for two-way communication and provides keys for effective listening.

Bottleneck On The Path To Inclusion, Judith H. Katz, Frederick A. Miller, Roger Gans

Communication Faculty Publications - Archive

Many organizations realize they need their work cultures to be more inclusive, but most also believe their work cultures are far more inclusive than they actually are. Barriers to inclusion tend to be invisible to those who do not bump into them on a daily basis. This article identifies why most organizations remain passively exclusive and offers a roadmap for fostering greater inclusivity, including eight specific keys to bypass the “bottleneck.”

Ua12/2/74 Lambda Times, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. Articles:

• Leffler, Matthew. Louisville's First Circuit Party Draws Hundreds
• James, Elizabeth. WKU Lambda to Host Faculty & Staff Dinner
• Lockhart, Shaun. Letter from the Editor
• Events Calendar
• Leffler, Matthew. President's Perception
• Leffler, Matthew. Louisville Passes Fairness Ordinance. What Happens Next?
• WKU Lambda Book Club Selection
• Take It from Dorothy
• Rice, LaVon. Radio Commercial Adds to Stereotypes about Gays & Lesbians
• ProCreatia. Brighter Stars
• Leffler, Matthew. Year In Review in May?
• Matthews, Bryce. Lambda Asked to Help in Panels

Making Managers Account For Diversity, Judith H. Katz, Roger Gans

Communication Faculty Publications - Archive

Overwhelmingly, people who work in organizations cite their managers as having the greatest influence both on the quality of their work and the quality of their work-life. Managers also exert tremendous influence over the success or failure of organizational change initiatives. This article suggests that organizational change efforts have greater chances for success when managers are held accountable for practicing and modeling the behaviors required of the change initiative. The article describes a model system of accountability enacted in a composite organization and the effects on employee retention, job satisfaction and customer-service quality.

What Makes A Good Manager?, Frederick A. Miller, Roger Gans

Communication Faculty Publications - Archive

Managers have enormous influence over the work-life experience, productivity and job satisfaction of the people they supervise. While much is often said about the importance of cultural sensitivities, focus group interviews suggest cultural sensitivity is not as important to workers as whether their manager treats them fairly and enables them to do their best work. This article reports on the results of scores of focus-group interviews regarding five things managers do that are most likely to alienate their direct reports and five characteristics people most appreciate—or would like to see—in their managers.

Ua12/2/74 Triangular Times, Volume 5, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. Articles:

• Audre Lorde Dies, Leaves Message
• Dismukes, G. Woman to Woman
• What's Happening
• Plotnik, Ken. Kentucky Fairness Alliance (KFA): A Statewide Civil Rights Organization Forms
• Brown, Larry. Welcome to New Members
• Audre Lorde Speaks in Life & Death
• Angelou, Maya. On the Pulse of Morning
• Why Black History
• Lambda Forum, 3/27/1993
• Forum Time
• The Because Manifesto
• Comix
• Defending Our Lives

Ua12/2/74 Triangular Times, Issue No. 2, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. Articles:

• Apathy: An Enemy Among Us
• What's Happening
• Education: The Best Defense
• Flener, Craig. You (Love Poem)
• Harless, Michael. Clinton-Gore Victory . . . Or Ours?
• Heterosexism Workshop: A Success
• Young, Lori. Be All You Can Be
• Meadows, Melanie. Defending Your Life
• Brown, Larry. Election time: Is There an Office for You?
• Comics

Ua12/2/74 The Triangular Times, Issue No. 1, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. Articles:

• Women's Conference: Provided Sense of Safety
• Politics, Education & Cohesiveness
• Brown, Larry. Letter from President
• Incognito
• Vote for Bill Clinton
• Comics
• Bag of Toys Book Review
• Coming Out Not All Bad
• Crime Report Misleading

Ua12/2/74 Lambda Letter, Vol. 1, Edition 8, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. This issue discusses The Wizard of AIDS, election of officers, and calendar of events.

Ua12/2/74 Lambda Letter, Vol. 1, Edition 7, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. This issue has privacy statement, committee appointments and upcoming events.

Ua12/2/74 Lambda Letter, Vol. 1, Edition 5, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. This issue discusses university recognition of the group, Give Peace a Dance event and requesting library provide journals.

Ua12/2/74 Lambda Letter, Vol. 1, Edition 4, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. This issue discusses university recognition of the group, membership dues and fund raising.

Ua12/2/74 Lambda Letter, Vol. 1, Edition 3, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. This issue discusses the last meeting, fund raising efforts and t-shirts.

Ua12/2/74 Lambda Letter, Vol. 1, Edition 2, Lambda Society

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Lambda Society. This issue lists officers and information about meetings.