Gerald Driskill
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
7 Papers
36 Citations
Gerald Driskill is an academic researcher from University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The author has contributed to research in topics: Religious organization & Organizational culture. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
The Power of a Mission: Transformations of a Department Culture through Social Constructionist Principles.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the transformation of a departmental culture through a process of implementing a new mission statement, which promoted positive practices and rituals that transformed faculty relationships and student learning.
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A Dialectic Analysis of a Community Forum on Faith: The “Most Segregated” or Separated Hour?
TL;DR: This paper explored the role of irony in opening spaces within the homogeneity-diversity dialectic in the context of a community forum in Little Rock, Arkansas, where the phrase "the most segregated hour in America is 11:00 A.M. on Sunday" was used.
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The Most Integrated Hour in America: Reframing the Organizational Discourses of Church Purpose
Gerald Driskill,J. Jacob Jenkins +1 more
TL;DR: The role of religious organizations in building social capital has attracted the attention of communication scholars as discussed by the authors, which is due in part to the significant role these organizations have in building the social capital.
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Children and relationship development: Communication strategies in a day care center
John C. Meyer,Gerald Driskill +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the communication strategies embedded in children's interactions at one child care center and found that these strategies were used by the children both positively and negatively to manage relationships, and as they transited through various phases of relationships, the strategies also evidenced pursuit of the valued relational goals of inclusion, affection and control.
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Connecting with Community and Facilitating Learning through the Little Rock Congregations Study.
Rebecca A. Glazier,Gerald Driskill,Kirk Leach +2 more
- 18 Dec 2020
TL;DR: The Little Rock Congregations Study (LRCS) as mentioned in this paper ) is an approach to community engagement with faith-based organizations in an urban setting, focusing on understanding and improving the community engagement of congregations in the city of Little Rock since 2012.