Introduction [excerpt] The focus of this literature review will be on the same gender (women) superior and subordinate work relationship within an organization and if the types of communication styles and behaviors used are effective. Evaluating the issue of effectiveness will play a small role in determining if discrimination still exists for women in the workplace. Sometimes women establish their own way of effectively communicating in their organization and establish a network to protect them and create...

Introduction [excerpt] Taken together, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and chosen narratives from The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler help readers and viewers to identify the impact articulation has on marginalized sexualities and the driving movements of women's histories. It is important to note that these two works have not been examined next to each other in the past. I argue that sexual articulation occurs...

Introduction Tentative language is characterized by language that contains hedges ("kind of"), hesitations ("um"), intensifiers ("certainly"), tag questions ("give me the remote, won't you"), and deicitic phrases ("over there"). This type of language is often perceived as being unsure of one's self and as lacking control when communicated in both written and spoken form. It allows the communicator to avoid commitment to a statement. The majority of...