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Lab Talk #7 - "Swearing is Caring" with Prof. Kristy Beers Fägersten
Welcome to The CommUnity Lab! The knowledge transfer podcast, where we dive deep into the fascinating world of professional communication research and its application! Hosted by Danny (Daniel Wolfgruber), this podcast brings together leading scholars to explore how communication shapes workplaces, relationships, and society at large.
In each episode, we break down communication research and real-world insights, making them accessible and relevant for communication professionals, leaders, fellow scholars, students, and anyone curious about the magic of communication.
Today’s guest is Prof. Kristy Beers Fägersten from Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden. In this episode, we dive into her research on swearing across different contexts. Kristy explains how swearing, while often seen as socially risky, can actually strengthen social bonds, help us cope with stress in the workplace, and why leaders might want to keep the occasional swear word in their communication toolkit to make key messages land more powerfully.
Want to explore more? Here are five scientific publications related to today’s episode:
Baruch, Y., & Jenkins, S. (2007). Swearing at work and permissive leadership culture: When anti‐social becomes social and incivility is acceptable. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 28(6), 492-507. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730710780958
Baruch, Y., Prouska, R., Ollier-Malaterre, A., & Bunk, J. (2017). Swearing at work: The mixed outcomes of profanity. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 32(2), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-04-2016-0102
Beers Fägersten, K., & Stapleton, K. (2022). Swearing. In F. Brisard, S. D’hondt, P. Gras, & M. Vandenbroucke (Eds.), Handbook of Pragmatics (pp. 129-155). John Benjamins Publishing.
Fine, A., & Corte, U. (2024). Obscenity factories: Profanity and community in workgroup cultures. Work and Occupations, 51(3), 299-324. https://doi.org/10.1177/07308884241256101
Nelson, M. (2014). ‘You need help as usual, do you?’: Joking and swearing for collegiality in a Swedish workplace. Multilingua, 33(1-2), 173-200. https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2014-0008
Follow The CommUnity Lab on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Podcastle, subscribe on YouTube, and join the conversation on LinkedIn. Your feedback helps shape this podcast into a must-listen for all communication enthusiasts.
Let’s decode the way we (try to) connect, one conversation at a time!
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By Daniel WolfgruberWelcome to The CommUnity Lab! The knowledge transfer podcast, where we dive deep into the fascinating world of professional communication research and its application! Hosted by Danny (Daniel Wolfgruber), this podcast brings together leading scholars to explore how communication shapes workplaces, relationships, and society at large.
In each episode, we break down communication research and real-world insights, making them accessible and relevant for communication professionals, leaders, fellow scholars, students, and anyone curious about the magic of communication.
Today’s guest is Prof. Kristy Beers Fägersten from Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden. In this episode, we dive into her research on swearing across different contexts. Kristy explains how swearing, while often seen as socially risky, can actually strengthen social bonds, help us cope with stress in the workplace, and why leaders might want to keep the occasional swear word in their communication toolkit to make key messages land more powerfully.
Want to explore more? Here are five scientific publications related to today’s episode:
Baruch, Y., & Jenkins, S. (2007). Swearing at work and permissive leadership culture: When anti‐social becomes social and incivility is acceptable. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 28(6), 492-507. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730710780958
Baruch, Y., Prouska, R., Ollier-Malaterre, A., & Bunk, J. (2017). Swearing at work: The mixed outcomes of profanity. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 32(2), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-04-2016-0102
Beers Fägersten, K., & Stapleton, K. (2022). Swearing. In F. Brisard, S. D’hondt, P. Gras, & M. Vandenbroucke (Eds.), Handbook of Pragmatics (pp. 129-155). John Benjamins Publishing.
Fine, A., & Corte, U. (2024). Obscenity factories: Profanity and community in workgroup cultures. Work and Occupations, 51(3), 299-324. https://doi.org/10.1177/07308884241256101
Nelson, M. (2014). ‘You need help as usual, do you?’: Joking and swearing for collegiality in a Swedish workplace. Multilingua, 33(1-2), 173-200. https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2014-0008
Follow The CommUnity Lab on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Podcastle, subscribe on YouTube, and join the conversation on LinkedIn. Your feedback helps shape this podcast into a must-listen for all communication enthusiasts.
Let’s decode the way we (try to) connect, one conversation at a time!