Organizations should expand their historical use of only quantitative methods in the pursuit of profit, organizational efficiency, and global competition markers and start to include qualitative studies to understand how the people that perform the tasks are motivated and can be used for the same goals.
Workplace relationship studies are done using quantitative and qualitative methods.
There are various methodology’s studies of communication between supervisor and subordinates
There is a turn from quantitative methods to a mentoring and peer relationship.
There is now a heightened awareness of the importance of qualitative communication studies.
New research organizational communication studies are being done.
What is the future direction for qualitative studies of workplace relationships?
One goal is understanding personal and social relationships and another focuses on individual causes, factors and variables within workplace relationships.
Work relationships give insight on oneself.
Identified are raced nature and classed nature occupational and professional identities and it is important to understand how work relationships are constructed.
Measuring qualitative study outcomes gives us insight into multiple facets of human nature.
People and their experiences impact their job performance as well as practices in an employee’s actions uncover characteristic traits.
