Narrative and the Self as Relationship

Gergen, Kenneth J.; Gergen, Mary

doi:10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60223-3

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“…The concept of agency has been applied in research studies (Gergen, 1987;McAdams, 1993) in order to explain the behaviour and perception of individuals, and to highlight aspects of their personality, identity, etc. This concept has been defined as 'intentional acting aiming at self-protection, self-expansion, and mastery of social reality' (Pulkkinen and Aaltonen, 2003:146).…”

Section: Agency: a Person's Ability To Pursue Their Own Goals; An Actmentioning

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Variations in Teachers' Work, Lives and Effectiveness

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Sammons³

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Section: Agency: a Person's Ability To Pursue Their Own Goals; An Actmentioning

confidence: 99%

Variations in Teachers' Work, Lives and Effectiveness

Day¹,

Stobart²,

Sammons³

et al. 2006

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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“…In the analysis, the narrative framework suggested by Gergen and Gergen (1988) was followed. According to them, when narrating their experiences, respondents express a valued outcome and the story line becomes more positive when the outcome is positive, such as a high-trust relationship, and more negative if the outcome is a disappointment or a failure.…”

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“…when and how the partners had first met, and how the co-operation had started to evolve. More questions focusing specifically on trust and about the concrete issues and events that had impacted the level of trust in the relationship (Gergen and Gergen, 1988) were asked during the interview, depending on what the respondents had already said. For example, if a CEO said she/he knew that she/he could trust the Chair not to interfere in a way she/he would disapprove of, she/he was asked about events that had contributed to that knowledge.…”

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Development of trust in the CEO-chair relationship

Koskinen

Lämsä

2017

BJM

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Final Draft 1 Development of trust in the CEO-Chair relationship AbstractPurpose: This study explores trust development in the dyadic relationship of CEO and Chair of the Board. Approach:A narrative approach is adopted to examine the meanings that CEOs and Chairpersons give to trust in their relationship, and to explore trust as an evolving phenomenon that can increase or decline over the course of the relationship. The data include 16 CEO-Chair dyads from Finnish limited companies. Findings:The results suggest that trust may exist on different levels and evolve in various ways during the course of the relationship. Integrity and agreement on company strategy are proposed to form the foundation for trust in the CEO-Chair relationship, whereas ability and benevolence are necessary for trust to develop to a higher level. Research limitations:Studying trust development based on data generated at one point of time and in only one country are the major limitations of the study.Practical implications: It is proposed that the level of trust influences value creation in the relationship. Originality/value:The study adds to the limited number of previous studies on the CEOChair relationship and contributes to the literature on trust development by making visible the viewpoint of both partners, and the meaning of the different components of trust.

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“…Data was collected by inviting each participant, who was classified as a relapser, to write a narrative account describing their exercise behavior change (Gergen & Gergen, 1988). More specifically, relapsers were asked to focus on how resources lost as a result of being a foreign exchange student may have had an impact on their reduction in exercise-related behavior (since their arrival in England).…”

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Exercise Behavior Change and The Effect Of Lost Resources

Fauzee

Pringle

Lavallee

1999

Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss

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This study was designed to assess to the effects of lost resources on exercise behavior among a sample of 30 foreign exchange students who were identified as having experienced a relapse in their level of physical activity. The first phase of the study was longitudinal in nature, and compared baseline data collected from a sample of 110 exchange students from Malaysia upon their initial arrival in England, with data collected from the same sample four months later. Results of a multivariate analysis of variance indicated a significant effect for scores on processes of change, self-efficacy, and decisional balance [F (12, 18) = 12.74, p < .001]. Subsequent examination of univariate F-values also revealed significant differences for self re-evaluation, reinforcement management, self liberation, and self-efficacy. Results from the second phase of the study, which qualitatively assessed the relationship between reductions in physical activity and personal/material resources, revealed that exercise behavior was significantly influenced by resources lost as a result of being in an unfamiliar environment. Implications for health promotion practioners and researchers are discussed.

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Narrative and the Self as Relationship

Cited by 647 publications

References 17 publications

Variations in Teachers' Work, Lives and Effectiveness

Variations in Teachers' Work, Lives and Effectiveness

Development of trust in the CEO-chair relationship

Exercise Behavior Change and The Effect Of Lost Resources

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