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Informationen zum Autor Vincent R. Waldron is Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University, where he teaches courses on communication in work and personal relationships. Professor Waldron received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1989. Dr. Waldron’s research explores how employees manage difficult workplace encounters, such as expressing intense emotion, exercising upward influence, and repairing damaged relationships. The author of two previous books on these subjects, Professor Waldron has published his work in such outlets as the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships , Management Communication Quarterly , and Communication Yearbook . Vince Waldron has been recognized as a Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is chair-elect of the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association. With his wife Kathleen and daughters Emily and Laura, Vince Waldron resides in Phoenix, Arizona. Douglas L. Kelley (Ph.D., University of Arizona; M.C., Arizona State University; B.A., Westmont College) is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University’s West Campus where he studies and teaches about communication in personal and family relationships. Dr. Kelley has published his work in such outlets as Human Communication Research, Communication Studies , and Communication Yearbook . He has served as Chair of the Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Dr. Kelley (with his colleague Vince Waldron) received funding from the Templeton Foundation to support research on the role of forgiveness in long-term marriage. Klappentext Communicating Forgiveness provides a synthesis of the literature on forgiveness in relationships, with special emphasis on the central but understudied role of interpersonal communication. Authors Vincent Waldron and Douglas Kelley define forgiveness as a communication process which allows partners to confront relational wrong doing, manage intense emotional responses, forgo legitimate claims to revenge, and potentially repair the relationship. They see forgiveness as a positive, hopeful alternative to estrangement, bitterness and retribution. By focusing on communication behaviors and offering research-based guidance on effective forgiveness practices, the authors present an alternative to the prevailing psychological frameworks. Communicating Forgiveness offers new insights to anyone interested in the dynamics of personal and work relationships, conflict management, relational justice, family functioning, and related topics. Zusammenfassung Provides a synthesis of the literature on forgiveness in relationships! with emphasis on the role of interpersonal communication. This book defines forgiveness as a communication process which allows partners to confront relational wrong doing! manage intense emotional responses! forgo legitimate claims to revenge! and repair the relationship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Conceptual Foundations Why Is Forgiveness Important? Theological Foundations Social Science Approaches 2. Elements of the Forgiveness Process Sensitizing Concepts: Communication as an Observational Lens Transgressions and Traumatic Relational Events Relational Context Individual Factors Communication Processes Relationship Outcomes Conclusion 3. Theorizing Forgiveness Dialectical Theory Uncertainty Management Frameworks Identity Management Theories Towards Negotiated Morality Theory (NMT) of Forgiveness 4. Communicating Forgiveness The Forgiveness Episode: Six Communication Processes Revealing and Detecting Transgressions Managing Emotions Making Sense Seeking Forgiveness Granting Forgiveness Relationship Negotiati...
