Abstract This research seeks to conceptualize how the communication messages that women received as they entered the workplace during the tumultuous seventies have impacted their own self-images, their perceptions of reality and, by extension, their lives. The aim of this research is not just to provide an overview of the lives of women in male-dominated professions nor to encourage young women to enter non-traditional occupations. Rather, this study seeks to recognize and understand the reasons...

Introduction [excerpt] The way a person copes with the death of a loved one may be influenced by many factors, including personality, family relationships, previous death experiences, ethnicity and culture. What about gender? Does being a man or women [sic] affect our grieving process? Much research has noted that gender contributes to communication differences that men and women exhibit. This research studies whether those communication differences carry through to the grieving...

Abstract The study of the perceived existence of gendered communication styles among male and female managers has been the focus of much organizational communication research. With a growing number of women occupying middle and upper management positions, feminist scholars are working to dispel the myth that female managers use ineffective communication styles compared to their male counterparts. The purpose of this study is to analyze the gender-identified communication styles used by male...