The purpose of this study was to identify the communicative practices of women senior/solo pastors in the Church of the Nazarene. Orbe's (1996, 1998a) Co-cultural theoretical framework was employed to analyze the data gathered from 10 semi-structured, in-depth interviews, which identified seven communication orientations that the women senior/solo pastors in the study employed to advance and work within the denomination. Specific communication practices in each orientation were identified and explained. Additionally, through a grounded theory approach this research added to the Co-culture theory by identifying a new censoring practice—humor--expanding the use of existing practices, and clarifying the definition— "intragroup" networking. Finally, the results, the implications, and future research were discussed. / Department of Communication Studies
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/188128 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Vertrees, Stephanie N. |
| Contributors | Klingel-Dowd, Susan C. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | vii, 97 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
| Coverage | n-us--- |
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