Title :
Men and women teaming up in the profession: how they communicate with each other in the workplace
Author :
Boiarsky, Carolyn ; Grove, Laurel ; Northrop, Barbara ; Phillips, Marianne ; Myers, Lisa
Author_Institution :
Effective Commun. Assoc., Peoria, IL, USA
fDate :
28 Sep-1 Oct 1994
Abstract :
In 1994, a follow-up survey to a study of women in technical and scientific fields was conducted to examine the workplace environment, employees´ goals, the relationship between women´s and men´s personal lives and their work, and interpersonal communication styles. The paper specifically examines interpersonal communication styles, including use of tentative, collaborative, and gender-specific language and perceptions of interruptions. Results appear to indicate that in scientific/technical communities, men and women have adopted androgynous language patterns and that there is little difference between men and women´s communication styles
Keywords :
ergonomics; professional aspects; technical presentation; androgynous language patterns; communication styles; employees; gender-specific language; interpersonal communication styles; personal lives; profession; scientific fields; scientific/technical communities; women; workplace; workplace environment; Chemical products; Collaborative work; Communication effectiveness; Counting circuits; Demography; Educational institutions; Employment; Laboratories; Physics; Radio access networks;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 1994. IPCC '94 Proceedings. Scaling New Heights in Technical Communication., International
Conference_Location :
Banff, Alta.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1936-2
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1994.347520