Navigating Relationship Tensions: Role of Paradoxical Mindsets and Response Repertoires in Managing Employee–Organization Relationships During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Ganga S. Dhanesh, Hilke Steenkamp, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, United States of America, College of Communication and Media Sciences, Zayed University, PO Box , Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Management Communication Quarterly

Published online on December 03, 2025

Abstract

Management Communication Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 432-466, August 2026.
Situated within an interpretive approach, this study examined senior corporate executives’ discursive construction of tensions encountered while managing employee-organization-relationships (EORs) over remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic and the ...