Analyzing the communicative practices of Yambo lake livelihood association’s batak boys in reducing role uncertainty of the new volunteers

This research is about role uncertainty as an organizational communication issue. It looks at the case of the new volunteer member Batak Boys, a volunteer group in Yambo Lake Livelihood Association in Nagcarlan, Laguna, Philippines. Guided by Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT) (Kramer, 1994), the st...

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Main Authors: Cuevas, Patricia Nicole M., Himan, Alecxandra Coleen P.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:etdb_comm-11072024-01-08T08:08:57Z Analyzing the communicative practices of Yambo lake livelihood association’s batak boys in reducing role uncertainty of the new volunteers Cuevas, Patricia Nicole M. Himan, Alecxandra Coleen P. This research is about role uncertainty as an organizational communication issue. It looks at the case of the new volunteer member Batak Boys, a volunteer group in Yambo Lake Livelihood Association in Nagcarlan, Laguna, Philippines. Guided by Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT) (Kramer, 1994), the study identifies the new Batak Boys’ sources of role uncertainty in the organization. It also looks at the communicative practices utilized by their group of trainers, the senior Batak Boys, to evaluate its appropriateness in reducing the said role uncertainty. The proponents facilitated 17 in-depth semi-structured interviews with the new and senior Batak Boys, and Livelihood Association members and one-month participant observation. The data revealed that the new Batak Boys’ key uncertainty sources came from unfamiliarity and newness in the organization, the volume of workload, and the assumption of the senior Batak Boys that new members do not need re-orientation about their roles. Moreover, the communicative practices utilized by senior Batak Boys—weekly alignment meetings, onsite training, and group chat announcements—did reduce uncertainty among the newcomers. There were still gaps, however, in further eradicating role uncertainty, specifically with additional and emerging unmapped roles. The results affirmed the claims of URT that better alignment of new volunteers’ collective understanding of job roles and expectations is rooted in effective communicative practices of the organization to prevent role uncertainty. Based on the data, the proponents came up with organizational communicative interventions to improve the communication practices of senior Batak Boys. 2023-08-08T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_comm/62 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdb_comm/article/1107/viewcontent/2023_Cuevas_Himan_Analyzing_the_communicative_practices_of_Yambo_Lake_Livelihood_Full_text.pdf Communication Bachelor's Theses English Animo Repository Volunteers--Philippines Yambo Lake Livelihood Association Batak Boys Organizational Communication
institution De La Salle University
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Philippines
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topic Volunteers--Philippines
Yambo Lake Livelihood Association
Batak Boys
Organizational Communication
spellingShingle Volunteers--Philippines
Yambo Lake Livelihood Association
Batak Boys
Organizational Communication
Cuevas, Patricia Nicole M.
Himan, Alecxandra Coleen P.
Analyzing the communicative practices of Yambo lake livelihood association’s batak boys in reducing role uncertainty of the new volunteers
description This research is about role uncertainty as an organizational communication issue. It looks at the case of the new volunteer member Batak Boys, a volunteer group in Yambo Lake Livelihood Association in Nagcarlan, Laguna, Philippines. Guided by Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT) (Kramer, 1994), the study identifies the new Batak Boys’ sources of role uncertainty in the organization. It also looks at the communicative practices utilized by their group of trainers, the senior Batak Boys, to evaluate its appropriateness in reducing the said role uncertainty. The proponents facilitated 17 in-depth semi-structured interviews with the new and senior Batak Boys, and Livelihood Association members and one-month participant observation. The data revealed that the new Batak Boys’ key uncertainty sources came from unfamiliarity and newness in the organization, the volume of workload, and the assumption of the senior Batak Boys that new members do not need re-orientation about their roles. Moreover, the communicative practices utilized by senior Batak Boys—weekly alignment meetings, onsite training, and group chat announcements—did reduce uncertainty among the newcomers. There were still gaps, however, in further eradicating role uncertainty, specifically with additional and emerging unmapped roles. The results affirmed the claims of URT that better alignment of new volunteers’ collective understanding of job roles and expectations is rooted in effective communicative practices of the organization to prevent role uncertainty. Based on the data, the proponents came up with organizational communicative interventions to improve the communication practices of senior Batak Boys.
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author Cuevas, Patricia Nicole M.
Himan, Alecxandra Coleen P.
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title Analyzing the communicative practices of Yambo lake livelihood association’s batak boys in reducing role uncertainty of the new volunteers
title_short Analyzing the communicative practices of Yambo lake livelihood association’s batak boys in reducing role uncertainty of the new volunteers
title_full Analyzing the communicative practices of Yambo lake livelihood association’s batak boys in reducing role uncertainty of the new volunteers
title_fullStr Analyzing the communicative practices of Yambo lake livelihood association’s batak boys in reducing role uncertainty of the new volunteers
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