title: Editing MCQ at the dawn of the new millennium

authors: Zorn, Theodore E.

subjects: MCQ

abstract: First, I’d like to congratulate MCQ on its 20th birthday, and thank the founding editors, JoAnne, Christine, and Paul, for conceiving of the journal and getting it started. I have subscribed to the journal since its first issue and ever since have considered it one of the first choices for publishing my own research and finding research that is closest to my interests. That it has grown and flourished 20 years on is a credit to the founding editors and to the community of scholars who have supported it. In considering the current editors’ request that we former editors reflect on our experience of editing the journal and how our experiences reflected our particular slice of the journal’s history, I looked back at what I wrote in my editor’s introduction (Zorn, 2000) in my first issue (Volume 14, Number 1) as well as perused the articles and forums for the three volumes that I edited (14 to 16). What emerged for me were several tensions or challenges that I grappled with at the time. Some of these certainly reflect my idiosyncratic values, biases, and interests, but I also think that to some degree they have something to say about the history of the journal and of the study of management/organizational communication at the time. I will organize my essay around four such tensions.

text: Editing MCQ at the dawn of the new millennium First, I’d like to congratulate MCQ on its 20th birthday, and thank the founding editors, JoAnne, Christine, and Paul, for conceiving of the journal and getting it started. I have subscribed to the journal since its first issue and ever since have considered it one of the first choices for publishing my own research and finding research that is closest to my interests. That it has grown and flourished 20 years on is a credit to the founding editors and to the community of scholars who have supported it. In considering the current editors’ request that we former editors reflect on our experience of editing the journal and how our experiences reflected our particular slice of the journal’s history, I looked back at what I wrote in my editor’s introduction (Zorn, 2000) in my first issue (Volume 14, Number 1) as well as perused the articles and forums for the three volumes that I edited (14 to 16). What emerged for me were several tensions or challenges that I grappled with at the time. Some of these certainly reflect my idiosyncratic values, biases, and interests, but I also think that to some degree they have something to say about the history of the journal and of the study of management/organizational communication at the time. I will organize my essay around four such tensions.

year: 2007

title: The Emotional Lives of Men: The Complexities of Expressing Emotions

authors: McKenzie-Norton, Esmae

subjects: men

abstract: This research responds to the widely held view expressed in academic and popular literature that men have difficulties expressing themselves emotionally. Both popular and academic literatures on men’s emotional lives often approach the topic as though men are in crisis, in need of change, and that they require instruction from professionals on how to express themselves. This thesis explores the complexities of how men express themselves emotionally. Six male participants took part in individual interviews about their emotional lives. Four of these participants also took part in a focus group discussion on the same topic. Findings challenge stereotypes of men as emotionally challenged. All participants were competent in expressing a range of emotions and did so verbally, through body language, in particular settings and using a range of material objects. These accounts provide insights into their emotional lives. The participants’ candour, when talking about their emotional lives, challenges common stereotypes of men’s reluctance to talk about their emotions. My analysis suggests that stereotypes of men’s inability to adequately express their emotions need to be qualified as they are not applicable to all men. This demonstrates the need for a broader range of research and literature which includes multiple groups of men and their views of their emotional lives.

text: The Emotional Lives of Men: The Complexities of Expressing Emotions This research responds to the widely held view expressed in academic and popular literature that men have difficulties expressing themselves emotionally. Both popular and academic literatures on men’s emotional lives often approach the topic as though men are in crisis, in need of change, and that they require instruction from professionals on how to express themselves. This thesis explores the complexities of how men express themselves emotionally. Six male participants took part in individual interviews about their emotional lives. Four of these participants also took part in a focus group discussion on the same topic. Findings challenge stereotypes of men as emotionally challenged. All participants were competent in expressing a range of emotions and did so verbally, through body language, in particular settings and using a range of material objects. These accounts provide insights into their emotional lives. The participants’ candour, when talking about their emotional lives, challenges common stereotypes of men’s reluctance to talk about their emotions. My analysis suggests that stereotypes of men’s inability to adequately express their emotions need to be qualified as they are not applicable to all men. This demonstrates the need for a broader range of research and literature which includes multiple groups of men and their views of their emotional lives.

year: 2010

title: Ko tōku ingoa ko Ripeka - My name is Ripeka

authors: Waitoki, Waikaremoana

subjects: Wahine

abstract: This book is organised around Ripeka and her family's story. The events described in her story reflect the lives of several wāhine, tāne, rangatahi and tamariki who have been involved in psychological services.

text: Ko tōku ingoa ko Ripeka - My name is Ripeka This book is organised around Ripeka and her family's story. The events described in her story reflect the lives of several wāhine, tāne, rangatahi and tamariki who have been involved in psychological services.

year: 2016