Negotiating a 'Questionable' Identity: Commuter Wives and Social Networks

Autor:	Karla Mason Bergen
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Interview Social network business.industry Communication media_common.quotation_subject Identity (social science) Context (language use) Gender studies Focus group Negotiation Wife Thematic analysis business Psychology Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Southern Communication Journal. 75:35-56
ISSN:	1930-3203 1041-794X
DOI:	10.1080/10417940902951816
Popis:	This study investigated interactions between commuter wives and their social networks. Five focus groups involving 25 women provided insight into interactions of women in commuter marriages with members of their social networks. The focus-group findings provided the basis for individually interviewing 50 women in commuter marriages. Using interpretive thematic analysis, results revealed that questions were the most common type of message commuter wives reported receiving from others. Question content involved (a) requests for general and logistical information, (b) determination of the reasons for the commuting arrangement, and (c) negative evaluations of commuter marriages. These findings support the interpretation that the term “commuter wife” represents a socially unintelligible identity to many social network members; for women, being a commuting professional and being a wife are incongruent. This study advances our understanding of how individuals in this context negotiate an unconventional identity ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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