A1 Journal article (refereed)
Negotiating joint commitment in collaborative work project : Focus on text-based requests and news deliveries in atypical work (2024)

Virtanen, M. T., & Nissi, R. (2024). Negotiating joint commitment in collaborative work project : Focus on text-based requests and news deliveries in atypical work. Discourse Studies, 26(3), 402-424. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456231224078

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Virtanen, Mikko T.; Nissi, Riikka

Journal or series: Discourse Studies

ISSN: 1461-4456

eISSN: 1461-7080

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 12/02/2024

Volume: 26

Issue number: 3

Pages range: 402-424

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456231224078

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/93668

Abstract

The shift to service and gig economy and increasing polymediality have created communicative contexts where the workers have to construct varying social relations in different kinds of digital and text-based interaction environments. This article examines how transprofessional collaboration is managed in such contexts in the field of applied arts. Based on email and mobile messaging data, we study a project where an artist creates an installation artwork for the use of an organisation. By applying the methods of conversation analysis, we investigate text-based requests and news delivery sequences related to applying for external project funding. Our results show how the participants negotiate the aspects of knowledge, power and emotion within these sequences, and by doing so, maintain mutual professional relationships and display various levels of commitment to the continuation of the project. The article illuminates the facets of transprofessional collaboration in digital professional communication and in atypical work.

Keywords: applied arts; atypical work; cooperation (general); conversation analysis; news; communication

Free keywords: applied arts; atypical work; collaboration; conversation analysis; news deliveries; professional communication; requests; text-based interaction

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2024

Preliminary JUFO rating: 3