Extending communicated sense-making theorizing to social groups: missionaries' use of metaphor, personification, and in-group vernacular.
Exiting the totalistic and intensively focused structure of missionary service prompts sense-making as missionaries return and adapt to life at home. Drawing from organizational, religious, and interpersonal communication literature, we use the communicated sense-making model to explore how 26 Chris...
| Publicado en: | Human Communication Research Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 106 - 121 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2026
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