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Mathis, Robin Smith; Aust, Philip J. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2023
Workplace learning initiatives are influenced by perceptions, and negative perceptions hinder organizational innovation and productivity. This exploratory study presents an argument that messages shared among trainees regarding their training experiences shape such perceptions. The application of Symbolic Convergence Theory reveals two discursive…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Work Attitudes, Trainees, Discourse Analysis
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Konrad, Annika – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2018
This article investigates how normative attitudes about work construct barriers to workers who are blind and visually impaired. The researcher collected narratives about rhetorical experiences from blind and visually impaired participants in the United States and analyzed accounts of these workplace interactions to identify rhetorical commonplaces…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Blindness, Visual Impairments, Workplace Learning