1,157
Views
36
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Nurses at the Nexus: A Case Study in Structurational Divergence

&
Pages 32-49 | Published online: 02 Feb 2010

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (16)

Ashley K. Barrett, Jessica Ford & Yaguang Zhu. (2023) Communication Overload in Hospitals: Exploring Organizational Safety Communication, Worker Job Attitudes, and Communication Efficacy. Health Communication 38:13, pages 2971-2985.
Read now
Jessica L. Ford, Yaguang Zhu & Ashley K. Barrett. (2022) Structurational divergence, safety climate, and intentions to leave: An examination of health care workers’ experiences of abuse. Communication Monographs 89:1, pages 1-24.
Read now
Kenneth T. Rocker, Stephanie Kelly, Joanna Cullinane, Stephen M. Croucher & Kirsty Anderson. (2021) Computer-mediated immediate behaviors and their impact on structural divergence in superior-subordinate relationships. Communication Research Reports 38:5, pages 315-324.
Read now
Alaina C. Zanin. (2018) Structuring bodywork: control and agency in athlete injury discourse. Journal of Applied Communication Research 46:3, pages 267-290.
Read now
Heather E. Canary, Kris May, Marc D. Rinehart & Jahn B. Barlow. (2018) Institutional policy process improvement: using structurating activity theory to inform practice. Journal of Applied Communication Research 46:2, pages 202-222.
Read now
Lindsey B. Anderson & Melanie Morgan. (2017) An Examination of Nurses’ Intergenerational Communicative Experiences in the Workplace: Do Nurses Eat Their Young?. Communication Quarterly 65:4, pages 377-401.
Read now
Frances L. M. Smith & Debbie S. Dougherty. (2017) Member-Created Participatory Paradoxes in Church Decision Making. Southern Communication Journal 82:3, pages 140-151.
Read now
Sara Kim, Naike Bochatay, Annemarie Relyea-Chew, Elizabeth Buttrick, Chris Amdahl, Laura Kim, Elise Frans, Matthew Mossanen, Azhar Khandekar, Ryan Fehr & Young-Mee Lee. (2017) Individual, interpersonal, and organisational factors of healthcare conflict: A scoping review. Journal of Interprofessional Care 31:3, pages 282-290.
Read now
Valerie A. Seamons & Heather E. Canary. (2017) Contradictions in surgical work teams. Journal of Applied Communication Research 45:1, pages 42-60.
Read now
Jennifer J. Moreland & Julie Apker. (2016) Conflict and Stress in Hospital Nursing: Improving Communicative Responses to Enduring Professional Challenges. Health Communication 31:7, pages 815-823.
Read now
Linda L. Putnam, Gail T. Fairhurst & Scott Banghart. (2016) Contradictions, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizations: A Constitutive Approach. The Academy of Management Annals 10:1, pages 65-171.
Read now
Jennifer J. Moreland, David R. Ewoldsen, Nancy M. Albert, Gerald M. Kosicki & Margaret F. Clayton. (2015) Predicting Nurses’ Turnover: The Aversive Effects of Decreased Identity, Poor Interpersonal Communication, and Learned Helplessness. Journal of Health Communication 20:10, pages 1155-1165.
Read now
Anne M. Nicotera, Xiaoquan Zhao, Margaret M. Mahon, Emily B. Peterson, Wonsun Kim & Patricia Conway-Morana. (2015) Structurational Divergence Theory as Explanation for Troublesome Outcomes in Nursing Communication. Health Communication 30:4, pages 371-384.
Read now
Kristin A. Kirschbaum, John P. Rask, Sally A. Fortner, Robert Kulesher, Michael T. Nelson, Tony Yen & Matthew Brennan. (2015) Physician Communication in the Operating Room. Health Communication 30:4, pages 317-327.
Read now
Anne Maydan Nicotera, MargaretM. Mahon & Xiaoquan Zhao. (2010) Conceptualization and Measurement of Structurational Divergence in the Healthcare Setting. Journal of Applied Communication Research 38:4, pages 362-385.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (20)

Cliff Scott & Joe Allen. (2022) Toward an organizational theory of meetings: Structuration of organizational meeting culture. Organizational Psychology Review 13:4, pages 506-531.
Crossref
Rebecca B. Leach, Alaina C. Zanin, Sarah J. Tracy & Elissa A. Adame. (2023) Collective Compassion: Responding to Structural Barriers to Compassion With Agentic Action in Healthcare Organizations. Management Communication Quarterly.
Crossref
Alaina C. Zanin & Ryan S. Bisel. (2022) Structurational Divergence, Implicit Orientations to Active Followership, and Employees’ Selection of Upward Dissent Strategies and Silence. Management Communication Quarterly, pages 089331892211461.
Crossref
Barbara Cook Overton. 2022. The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication 1 5 .
Malgorzata Chalupnik & Sarah Atkins. 2020. Politeness in Professional Contexts. Politeness in Professional Contexts 55 83 .
Alaina C. Zanin, Jessica K. Kamrath & Steven R. Corman. (2019) Agentic Denial: How Athletic Teams Sustain Divergent Structures During Concussion Events. Small Group Research 51:3, pages 342-374.
Crossref
Janet Mary Elizabeth Scammell, Joao Luis Alves Apostolo, Monica Bianchi, Rosa Dilar Pereira Costa, Kirsten Jack, Marie‐Louise Luiking & Stefan Nilsson. (2020) Learning to lead: A scoping review of undergraduate nurse education. Journal of Nursing Management 28:3, pages 756-765.
Crossref
Rebecca M. Chory, Sean M. Horan & Peter J. C. Raposo. (2019) Superior–Subordinate Aggressive Communication Among Catholic Priests and Sisters in the United States. Management Communication Quarterly 34:1, pages 3-31.
Crossref
Benjamin D. Freedman. (2019) Risk factors and causes of interpersonal conflict in nursing workplaces: Understandings from neuroscience. Collegian 26:5, pages 594-604.
Crossref
Alexia Panayiotou, Linda L Putnam & George Kassinis. (2017) Generating tensions: A multilevel, process analysis of organizational change. Strategic Organization 17:1, pages 8-37.
Crossref
Suzie Carmack. 2019. Embracing Complexity in Health. Embracing Complexity in Health 237 254 .
Kirsten Jack, Claire Hamshire, W. Edwin Harris, Mark Langan, Neil Barrett & Christopher Wibberley. (2018) “My mentor didn't speak to me for the first four weeks”: Perceived Unfairness experienced by nursing students in clinical practice settings. Journal of Clinical Nursing 27:5-6, pages 929-938.
Crossref
Barbara Cook Overton. 2017. The Sourcebook of Listening Research. The Sourcebook of Listening Research 45 69 .
Julie Apker. 2017. The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication. The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication 1 9 .
Sara Kim, Elizabeth Buttrick, Isaac Bohannon, Ryan Fehr, Elise Frans & Sarah E. Shannon. (2016) Conflict Narratives from the Health Care Frontline: A Conceptual Model. Conflict Resolution Quarterly 33:3, pages 255-277.
Crossref
Jessica Katz Jameson. 2015. The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication. The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication 1 6 .
Anne M. Nicotera. (2015) Damned If I Do and Damned If I Don’t. Management Communication Quarterly 29:3, pages 493-498.
Crossref
Anne Maydan Nicotera, Margaret M. Mahon & Kevin B. Wright. (2014) Communication That Builds Teams. Nursing Administration Quarterly 38:3, pages 248-260.
Crossref
Linda L. Putnam. (2013) Primary and Secondary Contradictions. Management Communication Quarterly 27:4, pages 623-630.
Crossref
Anne Maydan Nicotera & Margaret M. Mahon. (2012) Between Rocks and Hard Places. Management Communication Quarterly 27:1, pages 90-120.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.