Penelope at Work: Interruptions in "A Room of One's Own"

This chapter demonstrates that Woolf’s allusive practice involved transforming and interrogating texts rather than invoking the authority of earlier texts or their scholarly interpretations. It shows how Woolf’s allusions are often supported by metaphors that draw attention to the longevity of past literature that is essential to the act of allusion. These include organic metaphors such as the growth of seeds, plants, and flowers; familial metaphors of conception, birth, and reproduction; and the ethereal metaphor of haunting. The chapter examines how Woolf uses allusion and metaphor to articulate relationships with the literary past in A Room of One’s Own and in her representation of characters who are female writers in Night and Day, Orlando, and Between the Acts.

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Understanding the social media interactivity paradox: the effects of social media interactivity on communication quality, work interruptions and job performance

Information Technology and People ◽

10.1108/itp-12-2020-0845 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Xiangyu Liu ◽

Bowen Zheng ◽

Hefu Liu

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Job Performance ◽

Organizational Outcomes ◽

Survey Study ◽

Communication Quality ◽

Media Dependency ◽

Content Type ◽

Work Interruptions ◽

The Social ◽

Use Of Social Media

PurposeAlthough social media is widely used for organizational communication, studies have begun to show its controversial effects on job performance in the workplace. To investigate these effects, this study developed a conceptual framework for how social media interactivity affects communication quality and work interruption, as well as how such effects impact job performance.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed theoretical model was empirically validated through a survey study of 556 employees in China.FindingsThe results verified a social media interactivity paradox that indicated social media interactivity increased both communication quality and work interruptions. The results further showed that high levels of social media dependency were a detriment to organizations.Originality/valueThis study verified the existence of a social media interactivity paradox in the use of social media for workplace communication. Moreover, results revealed that the effect of social media interactivity on organizational outcomes depends on its respective dimensions.

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Whither, Whether, Woolf: Victorian Poetry and A Room of One's Own

Victorian Poetry ◽

10.1353/vp.2004.0019 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 596-603 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cornelia D. J. Pearsall

Keyword(s):

Victorian Poetry ◽

Room Of One's Own

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