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Relationships work: �Using workplace relationships to advance socialization, research, and learning.

Victoria L. Bertram, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

James Madison University

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46th Annual CCI Research Symposium

ALUMNI CHAMPIONS

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Workplace Relationships

  • Socialization
    • Member Validation
    • Memorable Messages
  • Family Farms
    • Stress and coping
    • Mental health message sensemaking

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Workplace Relationships

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Workplace Relationships

  • Socialization
  • Research
  • Learning

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Relationships work: Socialization

  • Socialization
    • Communicatively AND Relationally driven process

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Relationships work: Research

  • Group research projects
    • Interviews
    • Pilot Testing
    • Survey Design
    • Content Analysis

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Relationships work: Learning

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Relationships cited:

  • Paskewitz, E. A., Bertram, V. L., & Miller L. E. (Under Review). “We’re all in this together”: Farmers’ sensemaking of the farmer suicide crisis.
  • Bernhold, Q. S., Bertram, V. L., Devereux, S., Blue, J., & Julius, K. (Under Review). Explicating the pathways among memorable message themes about religion, positive role models for aging, and successful aging.
  • Bertram, V. L., Rentsch, J. R., & Paskewitz, E. A. (Spring, 2024). A general framework and illustration of communicative and relational influences on organizational socialization outcomes. Organizational Communication Division, 2024 Eastern Communication Association, Cambridge, MA [Upcoming]. *Top Paper Panel.
  • Paskewitz, E. A., Miller, L. E, & Bertram, V. L. (2023). “Count the days by the good outcomes”: Family farm member experiences with stress and coping. Communication Studies, 74(5), 481-498. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2023.2218893
  • Bernhold, Q. S., Blue, J., Deveraux, S., Bertram, V. L., & Julius, K. (2023). Expanding the boundary conditions of the communicative ecology model of successful aging to include communication about religion. Communication Research, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502231165844
  • Woo, D., & Bertram, V. L. (2022). “I value collaboration but won’t get pushed around”: Uncovering tensions in millennials’ vocational anticipatory socialization. Western Journal of Communication, 86(3), 400-421. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2022.2074088
  • Bertram, V. L. & Keene, M. (2020). “I’m not like a regular boss, I’m a cool boss”: An organizational audit and application of communication theory. 2020 College of Communication and Information Research Symposium. Knoxville, TN.

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