Clifton2009

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Clifton2009
BibType ARTICLE
Key Clifton2009
Author(s) Jonathan Clifton
Title Beyond taxonomies of influence: 'doing' influence and making decisions in management team meetings
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Institutional interaction, Meetings, Influence, Decision, Identity
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Year 2009
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Journal Journal of Business Communication
Volume 46
Number 1
Pages 57–79
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DOI 10.1177/0021943608325749
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Abstract

Studies of influence in organizational settings have tended to concentrate on defining categories of influence based on self-reports and questionnaires. This has tended to decontextualize and generalize the findings and therefore overlooks the inevitably temporally and locally situated nature of all social activity. Using conversation analysis as a methodology and videotaped data of naturally occurring talk, this article seeks to go beyond such taxonomies of influence. More specifically, this article seeks to provide a fine-grained analysis of how subordinates, as well as superiors, can influence decision-making episodes of talk. It is also argued that the results of such research can be fed back into practice and ultimately can be of help in allowing better decision-making practices.

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