Communication dilemmas and race in an Asian American Chamber of Commerce

IF 1.6 2区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Journal of Applied Communication Research Pub Date : 2022-05-04 DOI:10.1080/00909882.2022.2083420

Natasha Shrikant, Dana Marshall

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ABSTRACT This paper uses grounded practical theory (GPT) to examine how members of a pan-Asian organization manage dilemmas surrounding race and the workplace. An action implicative discourse analysis of 20 hours of audio-recorded meeting interactions among members of an Asian American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) reveals two dilemmas: how to maintain solidarity among an ethnically diverse group and how to communicate a racialized business identity to external corporate donors. Participants managed dialectical tensions between similarities and difference through membership categorization, metadiscourse, humor, and code-switching. Analysis illustrates that AACC practices operate from a locus of difference that values ‘diversity’ as a shared identity and provides leeway for creatively constructing difference. This paper extends GPT as a framework that highlights race as central to communication problems in the workplace and discusses how a better understanding of complexities of Asian American identity negotiation can offer practical insights into present-day race relations and diversity initiatives.

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亚裔美国商会的沟通困境与种族

摘要本文运用扎根实践理论(GPT)来研究一个泛亚洲组织的成员如何管理围绕种族和工作场所的困境。对一个美国亚裔商会(AACC)成员之间20小时的会议互动录音进行了行动隐含话语分析，揭示了两个困境:如何在一个种族多元化的群体中保持团结，以及如何向外部企业捐助者传达种族化的商业身份。参与者通过成员分类、元话语、幽默和语码转换来管理相似和差异之间的辩证紧张关系。分析表明，AACC实践从差异的轨迹出发，将“多样性”视为一种共同的身份，并为创造性地构建差异提供了余地。本文将GPT扩展为一个框架，强调种族是工作场所沟通问题的核心，并讨论如何更好地理解亚裔美国人身份谈判的复杂性，从而为当今的种族关系和多样性倡议提供实用的见解。

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Journal of Applied Communication Research COMMUNICATION-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Communication Research publishes original scholarship that addresses or challenges the relation between theory and practice in understanding communication in applied contexts. All theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome, as are all contextual areas. Original research studies should apply existing theory and research to practical solutions, problems, and practices should illuminate how embodied activities inform and reform existing theory or should contribute to theory development. Research articles should offer critical summaries of theory or research and demonstrate ways in which the critique can be used to explain, improve or understand communication practices or process in a specific context.