Evaluating a Contextual Model of Responses to Relational Uncertainty Increasing Events: The Role of Intimacy, Appraisals, and Emotions

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. K. Knobloch
Keyword(s):  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Contextual Model

scholarly journals Testing structural and relational embeddedness in collaboration risk

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-92
Author(s):  
Minsun Song ◽  
Kyujin Jung ◽  
Namhoon Ki ◽  
Richard C Feiock
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Structural Embeddedness ◽  
Institutional Collective Action ◽  
Seoul Metropolitan Area ◽  
Relational Embeddedness ◽  
Relational Risk

The study investigates the effect of embeddedness, defined as a property of interdependent relations in which organizations are integrated in a network, on collaboration risk emerging from relational uncertainty. Despite efforts to understand the structural effects of network governance, embedded relationships and their influence on collaboration remain relatively unexplored. A case of intergovernmental collaboration for emergency management is used as a test bed to examine the role of embeddedness in disaster networks and to extend the knowledge of collaboration risk within the institutional collective action framework. We hypothesize and test the effect of relational and structural embeddedness on the level of collaboration risk that an organization perceives. Our analysis of 69 organizations engaged in emergency management operations in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, South Korea reveals that both structural and relational embeddedness facilitate organizations to mitigate perceived collaboration risk. The results suggest that reachability secures relief of relational risk, and that commitment relationships bind participants.

The role of identity uncertainty in predicting relational turbulence and perceived partner communication for women coping with infertility

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110444
Author(s):  
Deborah B. Yoon ◽  
Jennifer A. Theiss
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Turbulence Theory ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Identity Change ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Partner Communication ◽  
Relational Turbulence ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Practical Implications

Infertility can change the way people see themselves and their relational roles. This study examined how changes to identity following reproductive hardship are associated with identity uncertainty and relationship outcomes. Drawing on relational turbulence theory, we position identity uncertainty as an antecedent condition for relational uncertainty and interdependence processes in the context of infertility and examine these relationship mechanisms as predictors of relational turbulence and perceptions of partner communication during this relationship transition. We surveyed 152 women who have been unsuccessful at conceiving for at least 12 months about their identity and perceptions of their relationship. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Consistent with hypotheses, identity change was positively associated with identity uncertainty, which, in turn, predicted increased relational uncertainty. Relational turbulence was positively predicted by relational uncertainty, but not partner interference or facilitation. Perceptions of a partner’s communication were predicted by relational turbulence and partner facilitation. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Perceived partner humor use and relationship satisfaction in romantic pairs: The mediating role of relational uncertainty

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-534
Author(s):  
Nathan Miczo ◽  
Josh M. Averbeck
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Mediating Role

AbstractThis study investigated relational uncertainty as a mechanism through which perceived partner humor use affects recipient’s relationship satisfaction. Two hundred individuals completed measures of their partners’ perceived positive and negative humor use, their relational uncertainty and relationship satisfaction. Results reveal that perceived partner’s positive relational humor use predicted greater relationship satisfaction, and perceived partner’s negative relational humor use predicted diminished relationship satisfaction. Further, relational uncertainty mediated relationships between perceived partner positive humor and satisfaction and perceived partner negative humor and satisfaction.

Uncertainty management in engineering-service development: the role of organisational capabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tabea Ramirez Hernandez ◽  
Melanie E. Kreye
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Service Operations ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organisational Capabilities ◽  
Relational Capabilities ◽  
High Uncertainty

PurposeEngineering-service (ES) development is characterised by high uncertainty, the management of which is crucial for the success of the offering during the provision of ESs. This paper studies suitable organisational capabilities to address different uncertainty types.Design/methodology/approachBased on conceptualisation of individual uncertainty types and organisational capabilities, this study investigated their empirical links through six case studies of ES development projects. The data consisted of 64 semi-structured interviews, 10 weeks of observational data and 166 supporting documents describing the projects.FindingsThe findings provide empirical evidence for four distinct uncertainty types (environmental, organisational, technical and relational uncertainty) and the organisational capabilities needed for addressing them. The authors identified unique dominant capabilities for each uncertainty type (commercialisation for environmental uncertainty, coordination for organisational and technical uncertainty, and relational capabilities for relational uncertainty), which were complemented with supporting capabilities, including project management and integration.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the service operations literature by merging previously separate research streams on uncertainty and organisational capabilities in ESs and servitization. Through this merge, this study offers a more coherent understanding by extending previously sporadic insights into specific links between individual uncertainty types and individual capabilities.

The Role of Relational Uncertainty in Topic Avoidance among Couples with Depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leanne K. Knobloch ◽  
Liesel L. Sharabi ◽  
Amy L. Delaney ◽  
Samantha M. Suranne
Keyword(s):  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Topic Avoidance
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