Peer Reviewed Papers by Dawna Ballard
In this commentary, we propose that two communication practices, information allocation and colle... more In this commentary, we propose that two communication practices, information allocation and collective reflexivity, are dynamic capabilities that help develop a firm's long-term viability. The concept that an organization's actions or inaction constrain or enhance its future options and outcomes and—ultimately—its long-term survival, is the organization's viability. We discuss two facilitating conditions—presence awareness and organizational identification—and three organizational issues influencing the two communication practices that affect organizational viability—organizational members' perceived environmental uncertainty, organizational members' perceived scarcity of time, and feedback cycles between actions and outcomes that shape and are shaped by their temporal focus.
Papers by Dawna Ballard
Management Communication Quarterly
It is time to move past the words—the well-crafted statements circulated by groups and organizati... more It is time to move past the words—the well-crafted statements circulated by groups and organizations across the academy, the scholarly writing as displacement, the formal and informal critiques—as if they had some recognizable impact. Each of these rhetorical moves can be valuable in helping to effect larger cultural and structural shifts. Yet, alone, a variety of evidence suggests that these forms of communication fail at effecting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Therefore, through our varied areas of research and lived work experiences, we focus attention toward actions as sites of power and potential: (a) in faculty emotional labor and work (McLeod), (b) at various levels of university administration and structural change (Ashcraft and Allen), (c) in the time-based practices associated with the ways we teach and mentor graduate students (Ballard), and (d) in our corpus of scholarship (Ganesh and Zoller).
Journal of Applied Communication Research
Management Communication Quarterly
... DAWNA I. BALLARD University of Texas, Austin DAVID R. SEIBOLD University of California, Santa... more ... DAWNA I. BALLARD University of Texas, Austin DAVID R. SEIBOLD University of California, Santa Barbara 380 ... Hassard (1996) described that in linear temporal enactments, time is experienced not only as a sequence but also as a boundary condition (p. 583). ...
The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication, 2017
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... Three organizational structures are central to the production of work and mediate the recursi... more ... Three organizational structures are central to the production of work and mediate the recursiveeffects of group ... Members of a particular group may reappropriate this technology, however, in a way that is much ... 30 (up to 70 years old), and the others were in their 20s or late teens. ...
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... DOI: 10.1080/10510970600845974 Dawna I. Ballard a * & David R. Seibold b page... more ... DOI: 10.1080/10510970600845974 Dawna I. Ballard a * & David R. Seibold b pages 317-340. ... Time and media markets . Mahwah , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates . View all references; Ballard & Seibold, 20004. Ballard , DI & Seibold , DR ( 2000 ). ...
Small Group Research, 2008
The role of time in measuring group and team temporality constitutes more than a methodological i... more The role of time in measuring group and team temporality constitutes more than a methodological issue—it is a theoretical question. That is, if group interaction is theorized as processual and processes occur through time, then research on team temporality, as well as a range of other issues, must grapple with the methodological implications of our theories. This article contributes to INGRoup's aim to advance theory and methods for understanding groups by exploring methodological approaches that allow us to capture a variety of team processes over time. Three case studies address the practical issues involved with employing various types of time-sensitive data collection, time-dependent coding, and time-based analysis, including their advantages and disadvantages. Together, the authors describe diverse field and analytical methods useful for interrogating theoretical assumptions about time in groups. Doing so expands the notion of group temporality to consider the role of both ...
KronoScope, 2009
Many working individuals struggle with the time and timing of work, and often turn to books, web ... more Many working individuals struggle with the time and timing of work, and often turn to books, web sites, magazines, seminars, and workshops to assist in their struggle to find meaning/fulness in work. In the present article, we first adopt…
Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2014
Communication Studies, 2006
... DOI: 10.1080/10510970600845974 Dawna I. Ballard a * & David R. Seibold b page... more ... DOI: 10.1080/10510970600845974 Dawna I. Ballard a * & David R. Seibold b pages 317-340. ... Time and media markets . Mahwah , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates . View all references; Ballard & Seibold, 20004. Ballard , DI & Seibold , DR ( 2000 ). ...
Communication Research, 2004
This article reports the findings of scale development and validation efforts centered on 10 dime... more This article reports the findings of scale development and validation efforts centered on 10 dimensions of organizational members’ temporal experience identified in previous research. Consistent with a community-of-practice perspective, 395 members of five organizational units indicated their agreement with a series of statements regarding the day-to-day words and phrases they use to describe their activities, work-related events, and general timing needs. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the hypothesized enactments of time and construals of time. Organizational members’ enactments of time included dimensions relating to flexibility, linearity, pace, precision, scheduling, and separation, and their construals of time included dimensions concerning scarcity, urgency, present time perspective, and future time perspective. A new dimension, delay, was found. Implications for pluritemporalism in organizations and the study of time in communication are discus...
Our discipline has long regarded the study of time and space, termed proxemics and chronemics res... more Our discipline has long regarded the study of time and space, termed proxemics and chronemics respectively, as vital to communication scholarship. While the socio-cultural influences on time and space are particularly well established, recent scholarship suggests that there are other ways in which time and space are relevant for communication scholarship. Notably, Castells and colleagues (2007) theorize about how societal shifts associated with new communication technologies find us collectively experiencing a space of flows and a timeless time. Indeed, they argue that these new communication processes associated with space and time are key to the emergence of the network society. In the following paper, we elaborate on Ballard and Seibold"s (2003) notion of separation, conceived as a measure of spatiotemporal connection, or availability, among organizational members. To that end, we briefly consider four types of spatiotemporal enactments-connecting, commuting, screening, and separating-achieved through a variety of workplace technologies. Our discussion illustrates the ways in which organizational members" traditional enactment of the "open door" as a symbol of connection and competence (indicated by one"s ability to be productive while being everpresent and available) has become typified by the Smartphone in a network society. Spatiotemporality 3 Connecting through Smartphones and Open Doors: A Spatiotemporal Perspective on Communication Technologies at Work Expressions of support that "I am here for you," and frustrated directives to "Leave me alone," as well as commonly used discursive formations like the "open door "outside" the boundaries of work. Specifically, we elaborate on Ballard and Seibold"s Spatiotemporality 5 (2003) notion of separation, conceived as a measure of spatiotemporal connection, or availability, among organizational members. To that end, we briefly consider four types of spatiotemporal enactments-connecting, commuting, screening, and separatingachieved through a variety of workplace technologies (Ballard & Seibold, 2003; Ballard,
Research in Organizational Change and Development, 2011
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