Shawna Malvini Redden
Biographic Data
| ID | 6487797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shawna Malvini Redden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shawna Malvini |
| FAMILY NAME | Redden |
| SIGNATURE | REDDEN S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University System |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7983-9735 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How coworker responses to identity-based sexual harassment complicate current bystander intervention models
Sexual harassment (SH) is a ubiquitous problem that causes material, physical, and psychological challenges for employees. When SH occurs, there are also myriad workplace relationships and organizational roles to consider - including the survivor, the harasser, the bystander (i.e., third-party witness), and other coworkers who do not neatly fit into one of these three categories. This study examines survivor relationships and communication with o…
Visceral imprints on our minds, bodies and spirits
Purpose This paper examines visceral imprints in fieldwork, or moments that provoke an instinctive response – initially physically and emotionally – often with residual mental and spiritual responses over time. Design/methodology/approach In a multi-voiced text, we analyze a combined 56 years of field experiences in a variety of organizations, including municipal courtrooms, airport security checkpoints, a non-profit girls' running organization, …
The organization seems to be only worried about the organization”
Everyone’s ‘uncomfortable’ but only some people report
Online sexual harassment is important for scholars to consider because employees who are harassed by coworkers online can experience distinct consequences that may differ from face-to-face sexual harassment. Through a qualitative analysis of more than 200 survey responses, this study examines why employees who are harassed by a coworker on social media report their experiences or not. We use the lens of communication privacy management theory to …
Working-class wisdom
Young people spend prodigious time online cultivating identities, relationships, and values, however, most research about young people's experiences online fails to consider how socioeconomic status shapes young people's engagement online. Drawing on communication theory about meaning-making, impression management, and trends toward prosumption, we examine how social class, informs young peoples' engagement online. Interviews and focus groups wit…
How metaphorical framings build and undermine resilience during change
Change is a constant feature of organizing and one that requires resilience, or the ability to effectively face challenges. Although research demonstrates important findings about resilience during chaotic change like crises, less is known about resilience in mundane situations like planned change. This study explores team-driven planned organizational change, offering insights about how team members metaphorically frame change how their framing …
A different type of dirty work
This study explores the intersectionality among identity markers, such as gender, race, and class, and emotion management in two bureaucratic organizations – municipal courtrooms and airport security checkpoints. We name and explore a new type of dirty work called “hidden taint,” which we describe as a larger, encompassing category of dirty work that involves the experience and dynamic co-construction of taint. Utilizing qualitative methods inclu…
Sky Ops Surprise
Invoking the styling of classic spy stories, this essay provides an account of a commercial aviation emergency landing that blew the agent/author's “cover” as a full participant ethnographer. Using an experimental autoethnographic format, the piece offers an evocative portrayal of a perceived near-death experience and its aftermath, as well as critical commentary on writing autoethnography with a fictionalized framing. In the closing “debrief,” t…
A Metaphor Analysis of Recovering Substance Abusers’ Sensemaking of Medication-Assisted Treatment
In this study, we examined metaphors invoked by people recovering from opioid dependence as they described the challenges and successes of using medication-assisted treatment. Metaphors provide linguistic tools for expressing issues that are confusing, complex, hidden, and difficult to state analytically or literally. Using data from eight focus groups with 68 participants representing four ethnic minority groups, we conducted a grounded analysis…
A different type of dirty work
This study explores the intersectionality among identity markers, such as gender, race, and class, and emotion management in two bureaucratic organizations – municipal courtrooms and airport security checkpoints. We name and explore a new type of dirty work called “hidden taint,” which we describe as a larger, encompassing category of dirty work that involves the experience and dynamic co-construction of taint. Utilizing qualitative methods inclu…
How metaphorical framings build and undermine resilience during change
Change is a constant feature of organizing and one that requires resilience, or the ability to effectively face challenges. Although research demonstrates important findings about resilience during chaotic change like crises, less is known about resilience in mundane situations like planned change. This study explores team-driven planned organizational change, offering insights about how team members metaphorically frame change how their framing …
A Metaphor Analysis of Recovering Substance Abusers’ Sensemaking of Medication-Assisted Treatment
In this study, we examined metaphors invoked by people recovering from opioid dependence as they described the challenges and successes of using medication-assisted treatment. Metaphors provide linguistic tools for expressing issues that are confusing, complex, hidden, and difficult to state analytically or literally. Using data from eight focus groups with 68 participants representing four ethnic minority groups, we conducted a grounded analysis…
Sky Ops Surprise
Invoking the styling of classic spy stories, this essay provides an account of a commercial aviation emergency landing that blew the agent/author's “cover” as a full participant ethnographer. Using an experimental autoethnographic format, the piece offers an evocative portrayal of a perceived near-death experience and its aftermath, as well as critical commentary on writing autoethnography with a fictionalized framing. In the closing “debrief,” t…
A different type of dirty work
This study explores the intersectionality among identity markers, such as gender, race, and class, and emotion management in two bureaucratic organizations – municipal courtrooms and airport security checkpoints. We name and explore a new type of dirty work called “hidden taint,” which we describe as a larger, encompassing category of dirty work that involves the experience and dynamic co-construction of taint. Utilizing qualitative methods inclu…
How metaphorical framings build and undermine resilience during change
Change is a constant feature of organizing and one that requires resilience, or the ability to effectively face challenges. Although research demonstrates important findings about resilience during chaotic change like crises, less is known about resilience in mundane situations like planned change. This study explores team-driven planned organizational change, offering insights about how team members metaphorically frame change how their framing …
Working-class wisdom
Young people spend prodigious time online cultivating identities, relationships, and values, however, most research about young people's experiences online fails to consider how socioeconomic status shapes young people's engagement online. Drawing on communication theory about meaning-making, impression management, and trends toward prosumption, we examine how social class, informs young peoples' engagement online. Interviews and focus groups wit…
Everyone’s ‘uncomfortable’ but only some people report
Online sexual harassment is important for scholars to consider because employees who are harassed by coworkers online can experience distinct consequences that may differ from face-to-face sexual harassment. Through a qualitative analysis of more than 200 survey responses, this study examines why employees who are harassed by a coworker on social media report their experiences or not. We use the lens of communication privacy management theory to …
The organization seems to be only worried about the organization”
How coworker responses to identity-based sexual harassment complicate current bystander intervention models
Sexual harassment (SH) is a ubiquitous problem that causes material, physical, and psychological challenges for employees. When SH occurs, there are also myriad workplace relationships and organizational roles to consider - including the survivor, the harasser, the bystander (i.e., third-party witness), and other coworkers who do not neatly fit into one of these three categories. This study examines survivor relationships and communication with o…
Visceral imprints on our minds, bodies and spirits
Purpose This paper examines visceral imprints in fieldwork, or moments that provoke an instinctive response – initially physically and emotionally – often with residual mental and spiritual responses over time. Design/methodology/approach In a multi-voiced text, we analyze a combined 56 years of field experiences in a variety of organizations, including municipal courtrooms, airport security checkpoints, a non-profit girls' running organization, …
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Harassment (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (3 works) · Bureaucracy (2 works)