Managing multiple group roles: an autoethnography of communication and perceived role incompatibility |
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| Authors: | Michael W Kramer |
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| Institution: | Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA |
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| Abstract: | This autoethnography explores my communication surrounding the stress I experienced from perceived role incompatibilities between my role portraying a reprehensible character in a theater production and my roles as a scholar, administrator, and church member. I examine the messages that led me to believe that there were role incompatibilities that would lead to negative evaluations of my participation in the production, and the communication strategies I used to manage my self-disclosure concerning those role incompatibilities. I explore how people I informed responded to my participation. Finally, I discuss how I use similar communication strategies – strategic silence, strategic disclosures, and strategic ambiguity – to manage self-disclosure concerning another role incompatibility issue, my political views. I hope sharing my experience assists others facing similar role management issues. |
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| Keywords: | Boundary theory autoethnography role management stress |
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