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    Communication accommodation theory in quantitative research: Toward a standardized operationalization of core constructs
    (Taylor and Francis Group on behalf of the National Communication Association, 2025-10-13) Fowler C; Gasiorek J; Giles H
    Communication accommodation theory (CAT) has been an influential theory for 50 years. However, its core constructs have not been operationalized consistently in quantitative research. In this manuscript, we report on efforts to standardize and validate a multi-dimensional instrument to measure constructs of theoretical importance in CAT. In Study 1 (n = 416), we detail the process through which items drawn from previous research were collated and describe six factors confirmed through factor analysis of the “other-report” form of the instrument. In Study 2 (n = 398), we replicate the factor structure from Study 1 and demonstrate its construct validity. In Study 3 (n = 356), we show the instrument can also serve as a valid self-report measure.
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    Implications of gender metastereotypes for addressing sexist behavior
    (Oxford University Press on behalf of International Communication Association, 2025-04-09) Fowler C; Gasiorek J; Zorn A; Stone S
    Women often experience competence questioning communication (CQC), in which their contributions are overlooked or credit is misdirected to a male colleague. We examine whether gender metastereotypes—the stereotypes that women believe men hold of women, and the stereotypes men believe women hold of men—predict responses to sexism in the workplace. Specifically, through vignette-based experiments, we examine whether women’s and men’s willingness to directly confront male perpetrators of CQC, and men’s willingness to amplify the voice of female colleagues is affected by the activation of gender metastereotypes. For both women and men, positive metastereotypes directly predicted willingness to confront sexism, but, as theorized, only when individuals believed that the stereotypes held of their ingroup were held of them personally. We also found significant indirect effects of metastereotype activation on willingness to address sexism via felt responsibility for addressing sexism (for women) and concern for the group image (for men).
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    Frustration and ennui among Amazon MTurk workers
    (Springer Nature on behalf of the Psychonomic Society, Inc, 2023-09) Fowler C; Jiao J; Pitts M
    Academics are increasingly turning to crowdsourcing platforms to recruit research participants. Their endeavors have benefited from a proliferation of studies attesting to the quality of crowdsourced data or offering guidance on managing specific challenges associated with doing crowdsourced research. Thus far, however, relatively little is known about what it is like to be a participant in crowdsourced research. Our analysis of almost 1400 free-text responses provides insight into the frustrations encountered by workers on one widely used crowdsourcing site: Amazon's MTurk. Some of these frustrations stem from inherent limitations of the MTurk platform and cannot easily be addressed by researchers. Many others, however, concern factors that are directly controllable by researchers and that may also be relevant for researchers using other crowdsourcing platforms such as Prolific or CrowdFlower. Based on participants' accounts of their experiences as crowdsource workers, we offer recommendations researchers might consider as they seek to design online studies that demonstrate consideration for respondents and respect for their time, effort, and dignity.
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    The impact of rural policing on the private lives of New Zealand police officers
    (Vathek Publishing Ltd, 2010) Buttle J; Fowler C; Williams M
    This article is concerned with perceived differences between rural and urban policing in New Zealand. More specifically with how officers view the effect that rural and urban policing has on their private lives and those of their family members. Using grounded theory as a research method because of its reflexivity in regard to generating questions from emergent data, 16 participants were interviewed. Seven of these participants were stationed in an urban location while nine were recruited from rural stations. The results suggest that rural policing has a greater and often more stressful impact on the private lives of police officers and their families. This suggests a need for the New Zealand Police as an organisation to engage in policy-making that gives greater recognition to the rural aspects of policing, with a particular focus being the provision of support for the families of rural officers.