Review essay: Androgyny and identity in gender communication

Burke, Ken; Burroughs‐Denhart, Nancy; McClish, Glen

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“…The perceived importance of conversational constraints in any given situation is also likely to be different based on the psychological gender. Furthermore, according to Burke, Burroughs-Denhart, and McClish (1994), communication competence is formulated in terms of a person's ability to marshall a variety of strategies and styles, depending on the needs of a particular situation, similar to the notion of an androgynous ideal of communication.…”

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Cognitive basis of gender communication: A cross‐cultural investigation of perceived constraints in requesting

Kim

Bresnahan

1996

Communication Quarterly

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There has been a significant discussion regarding the similarities and differences in communication styles between females and males. If the stereotype is true that men use language "to assert a position of dominance" by coming directly to the point (clarity), whereas women use language to create and maintain relationships of closeness, this should be reflected in a differential preference for conversational constraints. Crosssituational goals (i.e., conversational constraints) serve as criteria for making a choice between tactics in the pursuit of interaction goals. Focusing on five conversational constraints, this study compared the ways in which conversational constraints are perceived across gender groups. Two main questions structured this research: (1) Do males and females differ significantly in their perceived importance of conversational constraints? (2) Is there cross-cultural consistency in the findings? The results showed that participants' sex did not have any significant main effect on the perceived importance of all five conversational constraints in any of the four cultures studied. Even though many researchers have claimed gender differences in verbal styles (i.e., power, politeness, directness), males and females are relatively homogeneous in their self perceptions of preferred conversational styles across cultures. ). The general claim is that men's and women's speech seems to have different contents and to serve different purposes. Perhaps the most widespread belief about men's speech as compared with women's is that it is coarser and more direct. Male speech is characterized as competition-oriented, or adversarial; on the other hand, female speech is characterized as collaboration oriented, or affiliative. The problem is that research on the topic of sex differences in communication has provided no clear findings. In their recent meta-analysis, Canary and Hause (1993) report that sex differences in social interaction are small and inconsistent; that is, about 1% of the variance is accounted for and these effects are moderated by other variables. Similarly, Wilkins and Andersen (1991), in their metaanalysis of managerial gender communication, found that communication differences between male and female managers are minimal and of little social significance. Furthermore, gender differences in personality traits also are found to be generally constant across gender groups (for recent reviews, see Feingold, 1995). Eagly, Karau, and Makhijani (1995) recently presented a synthesis of research on the relative effectiveness of women and men who occupy leadership and managerial roles. Aggregated over the organizational and laboratory experimental studies, male and female leaders were equally effective.Prior research has explored either sex differences or gender differences in the behavior (in other words, strategy choices) of men and women during social interaction.

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Cognitive basis of gender communication: A cross‐cultural investigation of perceived constraints in requesting

Kim

Bresnahan

1996

Communication Quarterly

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“…One school of thought that has developed rests on the premise that men and women communicate differently because of their gender difference [1][2][3][4][5][6]. In contrast to this position, a number of other scholars have argued that virtually no substantive differences exist in male and female communication patterns [7][8][9][10][11].…”

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Communication and Gender in Workplace 2000: Creating a Contextually-Based Integrated Paradigm

Barker

Zifcak

1999

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

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This conceptual article presents a critical review of gender-difference and gender-sameness theory and research. The focus is upon gender workplace communication, a topic often debated in the popular and organizational literature. A contextually-based integrated paradigm is proposed which represents a shift from a gender-difference foundation to a more integrated approach that includes the interaction of gender with Standpoint Theory, culture, organizational climate, and structure and task context. The network of shared meanings concept is introduced as having a major impact on gender communication orientation. Research using an example of communication to create a contextual meaning for social support is highlighted. Implications and conclusions for organizations, researchers, and educators are discussed.

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John F. Kennedy, the Construction of Peace, and the Pitfalls of Androgynous Rhetoric

Kimble

2009

Communication Quarterly

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Review essay: Androgyny and identity in gender communication

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Cognitive basis of gender communication: A cross‐cultural investigation of perceived constraints in requesting

Cognitive basis of gender communication: A cross‐cultural investigation of perceived constraints in requesting

Communication and Gender in Workplace 2000: Creating a Contextually-Based Integrated Paradigm

John F. Kennedy, the Construction of Peace, and the Pitfalls of Androgynous Rhetoric

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