IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Sep 2005

Dialogic Negotiations: A Reflective Tale of Collaboration Across the Academic–Practitioner Divide

J. Palmeri ; P.M. Tuten

Abstract

This article explores the dialogic negotiation processes that can enable professional communication academics and practitioners to collaborate in designing, implementing, and writing up research. Drawing on our experiences conducting a collaborative academic-practitioner case study of technical sales presentations in an executive briefing center, we outline the ways in which we dialogically negotiated research questions, data collection and analysis, theoretical frameworks, organizational contexts, identifications, and interpersonal connections. We then discuss potential limitations of academic-practitioner collaborations and conclude by offering a tentative, contextual list of "best practices" for facilitating successful collaboration across the academic-practitioner divide.

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IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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2005-09-01
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10.1109/tpc.2005.853939
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collaborative writing professional writing qualitative research
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