Identity Implications of Relationship (Re)Definition Goals: An Analysis of Face Threats and Facework as Young Adults Initiate, Intensify, and Disengage from Romantic Relationships

Identity implications theory (IIT) is applied to analyze how young adults manage identity concerns associated with the goals of initiating, intensifying, and disengaging from romantic relationships. Participants wrote their responses to one of six hypothetical romantic (re)definition scenarios, indicated whether they actually would pursue the relational goal if their scenario were real, and rated degree of threat to both parties’ face. Responses were coded for positive and negative politeness strategies. Participants in different relational goal conditions perceived different face threats, varied in their likelihood of pursuing the relational goal, and employed different politeness strategies. Relationship (re)definition goal also moderated associations between perceived face threats and goal pursuit as well as politeness strategies. The findings show how multiple goal theories such as IIT can be applied to situations where relational goals are primary as well as how, to varying degrees, identity concerns shape and constrain how young adults pursue relational (re)definition goals

Inheritance of bacterial blight resistance in rice

We studied the inheritance and allelic relationships of the genes for resistance to bacterial blight in three rice breeding lines IR1330-3-2, IR944-102, IR1698-241, and in three cultivars, Pelita I/1, Kele, and Chinsurah Boro II. The study of F<SUB>1</SUB>, F<SUB>2</SUB>, F<SUB>3</SUB>, and reciprocal backcross populations of crosses between resistant parents and the susceptible cultivar Taichung Native 1 (TN-1) revealed that resistance in these rices is under monogenic control. The resistance of IR 1330-3-2 and Pelita I/1 is incompletely dominant, whereas that of Kele and Chinsurah Boro II is recessive. The genes that govern resistance in IR944-102 and IR1698-241 show recessive gene action with the method of inoculation used in this study. Evidence from allele tests with known genes for resistance indicates that Xa4 governs resistance in IR1330-3-2 and Pelita I/1, and xa5 in Kele and Chinsurah Boro II. Rice breeding lines IR944-102 and IR1698-241 have the same gene for resistance which is closely linked to Xa4

An eye for an I: thoughts about management communication quarterly from the next generation

This article offers reflections and insights on Management Communication Quarterly from a younger scholar in the field of organizational communication. After providing a brief history of the journal, topics of internationality, interdisciplinarity, and identity are explored. This is followed by a discussion among other “emerging scholars” in the field of organizational communication about these topics. The article concludes with a discussion about the role and format of Management Communication Quarterly in the digital age

An Eye for an I

This article offers reflections and insights on Management Communication Quarterly from a younger scholar in the field of organizational communication. After providing a brief history of the journal, topics of internationality, interdisciplinarity, and identity are explored. This is followed by a discussion among other “emerging scholars” in the field of organizational communication about these topics. The article concludes with a discussion about the role and format of Management Communication Quarterly in the digital age

Early onset Dementia- the nurses role in supporting their relatives

Summary The aim of this study is to investigate the needs of carers’ of EOD patients, roles of Nurses, particularly detailing roles they could play in order to alleviate some of the challenges that carers’ of EOD patient face in today’s society. Problems posed to be answered for this study were; what are the needs and challenges of EOD Spouses? And, how can Nurses help to mitigate these challenges? Travelbee’s theory of human-to-human relationship was used as the framework for the study. This study was conducted with qualitative method and data was collected through literature review. 11 articles were finally selected and analyzed using The Matrix. Three main categories emerged from the analysis; psychological burden, emotional burden and socio-economic burden. The results reflect on the challenges of spouses of EOD patients are faced with as their loved ones face the diagnosis of early onset dementia. There are several unmet needs from the perspective of spouses such as; informational, professional support etc. Moreover, spouses expressed how assuming the sudden role as caregiver to their loved ones brought a barrier between the companionship they once enjoyed